Latest figures trickling in from Jos indicates that casualty figures from Sunday’s killings which erupted around Rikkos/Dutse Uku has hit 13 (dead), with 27 houses set ablaze.

It would be recalled that the police previously put the death toll at 5, with only a few houses burnt, but more granular figures received by our correspondent indicates that more people have even yet to be accounted for , meaning the death toll may even rise above 13.

The new death toll was confirmed by a community leader, Mr Richard Bapi, has said six corpses had been deposited at the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) while others were immediately buried by their relatives.

A source close to the hospital management also confirmed to ViewPointNigeria that at least six corpses were deposited at the JUTH mortuary while some of those who sustained gunshot injuries of various degrees were being treated.

But the Plateau State Police Command put the casualty figure at five.

Armed soldiers were seen yesterday arresting residents of Tina Junction, Dutse Uku and Bauchi Ring Road, all in Jos North Council.

The indiscriminate arrest of innocent people triggered fresh tension as women in the area came out to protest.

But it was gathered that soldiers went further to arrest the protesting women.

The new corpses recovered yesterday included that of Mr. Daniel Haruna, a carpenter.

Also killed in the crisis was Michael Chuwang, the youth leader of St. Michael Catholic Church in Nasarawa Gwong, while another unidentified corpse at Yan Trailer near the Fellowship Baptist Church was also found.

A retired soldier, simply identified as Babayale, who was hit by a stray bullet in the presence of his wife and children, and was rushed to the hospital, died in the process.

His wife, on hearing it, collapsed and was also rushed to a hospital.

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Jos crisis: Death toll rises to 13 and 27 houses burnt