Plateau State appears to be assuming the status of a killing field as another 35 people have reportedly been hacked down there.
They were said to have been killed by bandits.
This came only days 25 travellers were killed in the north of the capital, Jos.
As ‘The Nation’ reports, the bandits disabled the bridge leading to Naraguta community, preventing any access to help before launching the attacks.
It quoted a resident, Yakubu, as confirming the fresh attack to reporters on Wednesday morning.
According to him, more than over 30 people were killed and security personnel had been drafted to the area.
Plateau Police Command, spokesman, ASP Gabriel Ubah confirmed the incident, saying, “We are aware of an incident in the area, I will brief later.”
