Barely a week after over 190 persons were killed on Christmas Eve in Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas of Plateau state by suspected bandits, at least two more villagers have been killed in another attack on Durbi village, Shere district, in Jos East local government area.
Chairman of the Transition Implementation Committee, Markus Nyam confirmed the latest attack on Sunday, saying the armed bandits invaded the village on Saturday night and killed a father and his son.
However, one of the attackers was killed by vigilantes in the community, who engaged the assailants, while others fled.
The Joint Security Task Force Operation Safe Haven personnel also responded to the community’s distress call, preventing the attackers from causing more damage.
The state police command had yet to comment on the recent attack as at the time of filing this report.
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