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Gunmen are said to have reportedly killed twenty people and injured over ten more in the Plateau State’s Heipang District of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area.
Residents of the neighbourhood described how the attackers broke into the neighbourhood while many were asleep early on Thursday morning. The community’s vigilantes did their best to repel the assailants, but their Dane guns were no match for the attackers’ greater firepower.
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The duel with the attackers resulted in the death of four of the vigilantes as the attackers set some houses on fire, burning residents who were asleep and could not escape from the sudden attack.
According to John Mark Pam, who lost five relatives comprising his brother Dung Mark, the wife and three children, the attackers invaded the compound, set the building ablaze and killed all members of the family in their sleep.
Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, confirmed the incident, stating that security has be reinforced in the community with personnel on the trail of the attackers.
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