Information available to us indicates that an attack occurred last night (Sunday 15th January 2018) in Dundi-Maiyanga village of Kwall district in Bassa LGA. One man was said to have been killed, while the other sustained critical injuries, but survived.

Report from the village indicate that the deceased and the injured were brothers – who were sleeping when they were taken unawares by an clandestine attack. The deceased was immediately hacked to death, while his brother who sought to attack was severely macheted, a third brother was however able to escape and alert other villagers – who were themselves helpless. This was confirmed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).

Confirming the incident, Terna Tyopev, spokesman of the Plateau Police Command, told NAN that the incident took place Sunday night.
Tyopev said: “From the report sent to us, unknown armed men attacked three people at Dundi-Maiyanga village in Kwall District and killed one Sunday Lale, using machetes.

“Sunday Lale’s brother, Ayuba, also suffered massive cuts on his body and is currently at the Catholic Hospital, Kwall.”

Tyopev said that Sunday Lale’s corpse had been evacuated by personnel of the Special Task Force on security in Plateau.

He said that investigation was in progress and urged the affected community to be calm and avoid the temptation to attack people they suspected might be responsible for the incident.

This is the first reported attack of 2018 in Plateau state.

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