Five Children Among Eleven People Killed In Plateau Attack

At least eleven people were killed in a fresh attack by gunmen in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The incident took place late Tuesday night in Rachas village, Heipang District, and Rawuru village, Fan District, both in Barkin Ladi.

The victims, including five children, were laid to rest on Wednesday amid grief and mourning from their families and community members.

Solomon Dalyop, the president of the Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), confirmed the tragic incident.

He said the gunmen believed to be armed Fulani militia carried out simultaneous attacks on the two villages, killing six adults and five minors.

Those killed were identified as Chollom Danjuma (37), Sunday Gyang (27), Kefas Dung (28), Solomon Dung (40), Christy Dung (3), Marvellous Pam (9), Davou Manam (25), Japheth Solomon (7), Mancha Monday (7), Nyam Chollom (5), and Maryann Mancha (10).

In a statement released after the mass burial and jointly signed by Dalyop and BYM Secretary, Bature Iliya Adazaram, the group condemned the killings, describing them as part of a growing pattern of violence targeting communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom.

“The Berom Youth Movement is gravely saddened over the renewed wave of coordinated attacks that have, once again, plunged communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas into another round of inhumanity of armed Fulani militancy, banditry, and terrorism,” the statement read.

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KanyiDaily had also reported how gunmen forced more than 300 people from their homes and burned down over 30 houses in Qua’an-Pan Local Government Area of Plateau State.