No fewer than 25 people were killed in an attack by gunmen in Bassa local government of Plateau state on Monday night.
The gunmen attacked Kimakpa, Zirshe and Dundun villages in Kwall district of the local government.
The killing were carried out as people were preparing to burry 18 of their people killed last weekend who bodies were deposited at the morgue of the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH).
Plateau State Police Spokesman Terna Tyopev, said policemen had been deployed in the communities to prevent further attack.
He said: “The gunmen stormed the village at about 11pm and took residents unaware. Some residents were able to escape, but the gunmen killed 25 people before the information got to us”
However, the special military task force code named operation safe haven (OPSH) said 21 people were killed and two injured
Some of the villagers who escaped the Bassa attack said the gunmen that came were more than 200 and they were heavily armed.
Many of the residents were reported missing after the attack; a rescue team put up by the villagers have been combing the nearby bush in search of the missing ones.
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