Gunmen Kill Three Persons, Injure
Seven in Plateau
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Three persons have been confirmed
killed and seven others severely injured in a fresh attack by gunmen suspected
to be Fulani herdsmen in Ancha community, Miango District, Bassa Local
Government Area of Plateau State.
The Chairman-elect for Miango
Youth Development Association, Mr. Nuhu Nkali, who confirmed the incident
yesterday, said the gunmen also set some houses ablaze.
Nkali said: “Yes, the attack on Ancha community is true.
Nkali said: “Yes, the attack on Ancha community is true.
It occurred around 1:00 am on Wednesday.
Unfortunately, three persons, including two men and a woman, were killed. Some
people were also injured.
“As I talk with you now, so many of our people are now homeless because their houses have been burnt by the assailants.”
“As I talk with you now, so many of our people are now homeless because their houses have been burnt by the assailants.”
Nkali
added that the latest attack could have been averted if the security operatives
had responded to their calls.
He
said: “Our community has been under siege of the gunmen in recent times but we
believe that the latest attack on our people could have been prevented because
when we noticed strange and suspicious movements in the evening of Tuesday, the
community made efforts to alert the security agents but nothing was done about
it.
“So,
around 10 pm, the Fulani gunmen arrived in the community and started shooting
and burning houses, an operation which lasted till 1:00 am. At the end of their
operation, three of the victims were discovered dead.
“From the look of things, it is clear that they have marked out
the community for attacks because it is the same village where two soldiers
were killed a few days ago by the same assailants.
“Two other women who had gone to sympathise with a bereaved
family were also killed in a similar attack while two young men are still
missing in another attack, all within a space of three weeks
SOURCE:
Scannewsonline
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