17 persons being killed in a fresh attack by gunmen on HEIPANG Community in BARKIN LADI Local Government Area of Plateau State.
VOP news gathered that the attack occurred around 1am, when most residents of the community were asleep.
The attack is coming three days after a commuter, who was returning from Kara, a cattle market in BUKURU was attacked and killed in the HEIPANG area.
The BEROM YOUTH MOULDERS ASSOCIATION (BYM) had on Tuesday condemned the killing of the commuter, explaining that the attack was purely an act of criminality by enemies of peace.
The spokesperson of the Operation Safe Haven, a multi-security taskforce maintaining peace in the state, Captain OLA JAMES, who confirmed the latest incident said troops of the operation had been deployed to the community
Mr. JOHN MARK PAM, the state youth leader of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in the northern zone, who also confirmed the incident said he had lost his brother.