10 family members wiped out as bandits attack Plateau community

Not less than 10 members of one family have been confirmed killed by gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias following an attack on Wereng-Camp in Kum village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The attack, which was confirmed by both the President and National Publicity Secretary of the Berom Youths Moulder-Association, Barr Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri and Rwang Tengwom respectively, reportedly occurred at about 11 p.m. on Saturday and lasted till about 1 a.m of the next day before the assailants fled into the rocks and bushes surrounding the community.

In a brief statement posted on his Facebook page on Sunday morning, Mwantiri said he was reliably informed by residents that the attackers, who were positively identified as Fulani bandits, stormed the community after the people had retired for the night and shot sporadically, killing the victims and injuring several others as well.

“Intelligence reliably given out by residents has it that armed killer Fulani militias attacked the Wereng-Camp in Kum village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State and killed ten members of one family,” the BYM President wrote.

Also writing on his page, Tengwong said:

“Following the attack on Wereng-Camp and Kum villages of Riyom LGA by bandits and terrorist gangs from Fass area, one of the deadly terrorist attacks in recent times, ten people of one family are reported to have been gruesomely murdered while a village head battles in a life threatening injuries he sustained as a result of the coordinated attacks that lasted for over three hours from 10 pm to 1 am. More details will be released soon.”

10 family members wiped out as bandits attack Plateau community