PLATEAU: Police Confirmed 37 People Killed In Multiple Attacks

The military authorities in Jos, Plateau State
capital, have confirmed the killing of 37 persons
by gunmen the multiple attacks carried out
on four communities in Barkin Ladi Local
Government Area of the state on Monday.
The spokesperson of the command in Jos, Felicia
Anselem, said the attacks were carried at about
1 a.m. concurrently at Rawuru, Tasu, Foron and
Gurabok.
The corpses of the 37 persons have been
retrieved from different parts of the local
government attacked by the gunmen.
The Chairman of the Christian Association of
Nigeria (CAN) in Plateau, Sonja Bewarang, on
Tuesday officiated a mass burial of 15 of the
corpses at Tatu area of the council, Premium
Times reports.
News Agency of Nigeria reminds that before the
incidents, there were two other attacks in Barkin
Ladi and Shendam local government areas in the
last five days. Five people were reported to be
killed in the attacks. Hundreds of people have
been killed in ethno-religious crisis in Plateau this
year.