Terrorists have again attacked the Tilengpat Pushit community in Plateau State’s Mangu Local Government Area, resulting in the deaths of twelve people.
The attacks occurred late Thursday, with several others injured and property, including villagers’ homes, set ablaze.
This follows last week’s incident where terrorists killed at least ten individuals in Mandung-Mushu and Kopnanle villages within Bokkos and Mangu local government areas, respectively.
The Chairman of Mangu Local Government Area, Plateau State, Markus Argue, confirmed the latest killings.
He said, “Yes, it is true that our people have just been attacked again and killed for no reason. It happened last night. As I talk to you, I’m in the affected community in Pushit. I cannot give you the figure of victims for now because we are still assessing the situation, but what we don’t understand is why some people will just target women and children in their homes and just kill them for no reason.
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A community leader in Pushit, who gave his name simply as John, however, said that twelve dead bodies had so far been recovered at the scene of the attack and the nearby bush from the latest attack.
John said, “So far, we have recovered twelve dead bodies of individuals who were brutally murdered during the attack in the Pushit community and their bodies recovered.
“The identities of the victims have not yet been disclosed, pending notification of their families. The Law enforcement agencies are also here and have initiated investigations into the matter to ascertain the motive behind these heinous crimes and to apprehend the perpetrators responsible for this reprehensible act.”
The Spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, Alabo Alfred, could not be immediately reached for comment on the incident but sources at the Command headquarters in Jos said that security operatives had been deployed to the affected community.
