By Gabriel Atumeyi
365Daily – Gunmen have killed about 36 persons while injuring several others in a fresh attack on Ahwol Ward, Naraguta community, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.
It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community with sophisticated weapons around 10 pm on Tuesday night and killed the victims.
Several others who sustained injuries during the attack have been rushed to the Bingham University Teaching Hospital in Jos, the state capital.
The Paramount ruler of the Anaguta ethnic nationality in the state, Ujah Johnson Jauro, confirmed the attack to journalists in Jos on Wednesday, August 25, 2021.
The Paramount ruler said, “Yes, it’s true. I have been informed that some gunmen attacked my people last night in Naraguta community with many casualties. But we are still investigating to know what really happened.”
The Councilor for Ahwol Ward in the community, Yusuf Ali, who also confirmed the attack, saying people were burnt alive in the affected area.
Another resident, Jeremiah Bulus, said, “corpses have been taken to the mortuary this morning and people are still making efforts to recover more corpses from several houses which the gunmen also set ablaze.
“The situation is really bad for the people ”
According to the Councillor, the gunmen first vandalised the iron bridge linking the community before the attack, making it difficult for the security agents to assess the area when they were contacted.
He said: “The gunmen were just shooting in every direction when they arrived the community around 10 pm. For now, dead bodies have been recovered and we are still searching for more victims because the shooting was too much.
“When the attack was going on, the Chairman of the Local Government called the security agents to mobilise to the area but it was discovered that the gunmen destroyed the iron bridge linking the community.”
The state government and the military and security agencies were yet to speak on the incident as at the time of filling this report.