Not less than 30 people were reportedly killed, with an unspecified number injured, while more than 50 houses and food barns were set ablaze after gunmen suspected to be terrorists invaded the Jwak Maitumbi community in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State on Sunday.
A resident of the community, Lonji Zuhumnan, who confirmed the carnage to DAILY POST on Monday morning, said the rampaging gunmen numbering over 100 and armed with sophisticated weapons stormed the community at about 7:30am, shooting sporadically for several hours, killing the victims, injuring others and setting houses and food silos ablaze.
Zuhumnan, who is also a youth leader in the village, stated that apart f...
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Over 30 feared dead, 50 houses torched as terrorists attack Plateau community
Source: Daily Post
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