Nigeria, March 13 -- The planned burial of 13 persons killed in a recent attack in th Turan community, Jato-Aka area of the Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, was cancelled on Thursday as families were unable to collect the bodies from the mortuary.

Relatives and residents had gathered in the Mbachom community for the burial, but the mortician responsible for releasing the corpses could not be located.

A relative of one of the victims, Bemgba Numve, said families discovered the mortuary staff was absent when they arrived at the mortuary.

"My brother was killed in the attack, and we planned to bury all 13 of them today. Everybody is here for the burial, and people also came from outside to witness the burial, but we could not ...