Outburst as Fulani Herdsmen strike in Plateau, kill 22

Series of attacks have been recorded by the Fulani  Herdsmen across the  nation and survivors could recall their unpleasant experience.

Naij.com reported that Six other people were injured following the attack of the armed herdsmen. The killings took place on the night of Sunday, June 26, at Hwak-Kwata village in Jos South Local Gov­ernment Area and Hoss in Ri­yom Local Government Area of the state.

Residents were seen wailing over the killing of their siblings. Others went in search of their missing relatives. The Chairman of Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), Mr Pwakim Choji, said that “the attackers came late in the night and initially killed 14 people and left eight others crit­ically injured. 

He said that two of the injured later died, bring­ing the death toll to 16.” But some residents claimed that they had found 22 bodies at the scenes of the attacks. Choji said: “Our people said that the attackers who are Fula­ni, were accompanied by men dressed in military uniforms, which is really a disturbing is­sue. We don’t know why they came to attack us. As I speak to you, about a hundred of our people are missing, so we are short of words.”

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