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Fulani Herdsmen Wipe Out Family Of 12, Including 2-Year-Old Baby In Jos (GRAPHIC VIDEO)

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Terrorist Fulani herdsmen have killed family of nine in Rukuba road community of Jos North Local Government Area, a development that sparked up tension in the community and other parts of Jos metropolis.

A video shared by a popular activist (name withheld) shows the bodies of the victims with testimonies from community members saying that soldiers killed the family. (Video is at the end of this article).

A resident of the area, who prefers anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, that the terrorists attacked the community on Thursday, September 27, 2018.

“Last night, some gunmen invaded this area shooting sporadically and in the cause wiped out nine members of a family,” the man told the reporter.

“I cannot tentatively say what caused the ugly incident but I heard some gunshots and some persons were also injured,” he said.

Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of the Plateau Police Command confirmed the incident to NAN.

The PPRO, who could not confirm the accurate number of deaths, said that lives were lost, while many others were severely injured.

He explained that the assailants took advantage of the night rains to perpetrate the “evil” act.

“Yesterday at about 10.p.m, our Plateau Control Room received a distress call that there were sporadic gunshots at Rukuba Road, a community opposite Kowa Hotel, Jos.

“We immediately mobilised our patrol team to the scene of crime.

“The gunmen, who took advantage of the night rains to attack residents, were later chased away from the area by the combined team of the Police and men Operation Safe Haven, STF, a military task force.

“Some people were rescued while some persons lost their lives as a result of the attack and others sustained injuries of various degrees,” he said.

Tyopev said that the injured were rushed to Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, where they were
receiving treatment.

The PPRO said a combined team of security personnel had been dispatched to flash points to avert breakdown of law and order, and urged members of the public to remain calm and law abiding.
He said investigation to unravel those behind the crime has commenced.

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