Nine murdered in night attack in Plateau state

The Police in Plateau said 9 persons were
killed on Tuesday night attack on Angwan-
Waran in Riyom Local Government of the
State.
Mr Chris Olakpe, the Commissioner of Police
in Plateau, in Jos on Wednesday said that the
attackers had fled the area before the arrival
of security agents.
He said the police and other personnel of the
Special Task Force (STF) maintaining the
peace in Plateau, had stepped in and restored
normalcy to the area. Continue...
“To check against recurrence, the police and
the STF have deployed a team of security
personnel to the village, while efforts are on to
apprehend the attackers’’, he added.
The commissioner advised members of the
public to help security agencies with any piece
of information that could lead to the arrest of
the attackers.
STF Media Officer, Capt. Salisu Mustapha, who
also confirmed the attack, said the invaders
also burnt down houses in the village before
escaping.
He, however, did not give the number of
houses burnt.
Mustapha said the STF had arrested three
persons found with arms and ammunition
suspected to have been used for the attack.
“We are interrogating the suspects’’, he said.
Source: NAN