Bandits kill 10 people in Taraba, Plateau, amputate baby
Bandits on Sunday attacked Joro Manu village in the Gassol Local Government Area of Taraba State, killing three people and abducting six others.
At least seven persons were also killed in the Jos South LGA of Plateau State by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen.
The residents in Joro Manu village said the attackers came on motorcycles around 2pm and shot anyone in sight.
Two residents, Umar Saidu and Abdullahi Mohammed, told our correspondent that people were fleeing the area for fear of being killed or kidnapped.
The acting Taraba State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Gambo Kwache, confirmed the incident.
The police spokesperson said, “We are on top of the situation. We have made a deployment to the area to track down the attackers.”
The immediate past chairman of Gassol LGA, Musa Chul, had last year raised the alarm over the regrouping of terrorists in forests around the council area.
The killings in Jos, however, came less than 24 hours after 18 other persons lost their lives during a clash between bandits and members of a vigilance group in the Wase council area of Plateau State.