Eleven Killed, Including Five Children, in Fresh Plateau State Attack

Eleven people, including five children, were killed in a fresh attack by gunmen in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The assault occurred on Tuesday night and targeted Rachas village in Heipang District and Rawuru village in Fan District. Families and loved ones buried the victims on Wednesday amid scenes of grief and mourning.

Solomon Dalyop, President of the Berom Youth Moulders Association, identified the attackers as Fulani militia who launched simultaneous assaults on the two villages. The victims included Mr. Chollom Danjuma (37), Mr. Sunday Gyang (27), Mr. Kefas Dung (28), Solomon Dung (40), Mrs. Christy Dung (3), Marvellous Pam (9), Mr. Davou Manam (25), Japheth Solomon (7), Mancha Monday (7), Nyam Chollom (5), and Maryann Mancha (10).

In a statement issued after the mass burial, co-signed with the association’s secretary, Bature Iliya Adazaram, the Berom Youth Movement condemned the killings. The group described the attacks as part of a renewed wave of coordinated violence that has plunged communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas into a fresh cycle of insecurity and terror.

“The Berom Youth Movement is gravely saddened over the renewed wave of coordinated attacks that have, once again, plunged communities in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas into another round of inhumanity of armed Fulani militancy, banditry, and terrorism,” the statement read.