2 killed in fresh attack on Plateau community

Two persons were reported killed Tuesday night during an attack in Jol, a village in Riyom local government area of Plateau state.
The chairman of the transition committee of the local government, Emmanuel Jugul, disclosed this to Premium Times in an interview yesterday.
He said two other people were injured and were receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital.
“Four people were yesterday (Tuesday) night attacked in Jol, two died, the other two persons were badly injured,” he said in Jos.
According to him, the attack came a day after the corpse of a herdsman earlier declared missing was discovered in the area.
“It is unfortunate that we are recording incidents of attacks again in Riyom local government area. Two days ago, the corpse of a Fulani boy that had been missing since last week was found by a search party we organised.”
He said the incident of the missing Fulani man was reported to the Special Task Force on Jos crisis.
The Riyom transition committee chairman had made several appeals for peace to residents.
No fewer than 44 persons were reported killed in communal clashes in two local government areas of the state within the last month.