Gunmen attack miners, kill two in Plateau

 

Gunmen have again killed two persons at a mining site located at Yelwa- Zangam community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The victims who were identified as youths were said to have gone to the mining site on Tuesday morning when the gunmen attacked and killed two of them on the spot while others escaped.

MuchTalksBlog recalls that last month gunmen killed four youths at a mining site in Dong community in the same Council Area.

According to PUNCH, President of the Anaguta Development Association, Sunday Bunu, confirmed the latest killings in Jos on Tuesday

Bunu said “We were at a meeting with the State Commissioner for Tourism when I received a call over the killing.

“From What I was told, some Fulani people went to a school in the community to graze with their cows but the vigilante told them that they don’t allow cows to graze there.

“So, the vigilante drove the cows out of the school. As the cows were running, they ran towards a mining site where some of our youths who went out in the morning were carrying out their mining activities in the community.

“Those youths did not know why the cows were running neither were they the ones that chased the cows away from grazing at the school.

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“But Before you knew it, some other Fulani who saw the cows running emerged from the bush and attacked the youths working at the mining site without even knowing why the cows were running

“Unfortunately, they succeeded in killing two of the youths while others managed to escape.”

The State Police spokesman, Ubah Ogaba, is yet to comment on the incident as at the time of filling this report.