Plateau attack leaves 11 villagers dead
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NAN
The Special Task Force (STF) maintaining
peace in Plateau, has confirmed the death of 11 people during an attack
by cow thieves at Pandadi Village in the Barkin-Ladi Local Government
Area of Plateau on Thursday.
The STF Commander, Maj.-Gen. David
Enetie, who confirmed the incident in Jos, also confirmed the killing of
five of the attackers by the STF.
Enetie said that the cattle
rustlers, who attacked the village in the morning, killed eight members
of one family and two others while a neighbour, who came out to assist
the victims, was also killed.
He disclosed that STF operatives, who rushed to the scene of the incident, killed five of the suspected cattle rustlers.
The
commander said that the corpses of the five suspected cattle rustlers
had been deposited at the Mangu Police Station, while those of the 11
villagers had been taken to Plateau State Specialist Hospital.
He explained that the incident was not part of any crisis.
"What happened here was not crisis, it was a clear case of cow theft by a group of cattle rustlers."
Enetie said that the cow thieves rustled 20 cows but could not escape with their loot after the STF’s quick intervention.
He
commended the intelligence unit of the STF for its timely information
that enabled his men to quickly storm the scene of the incident, calling
for more information from members of the public to enable the STF rid
the state of criminals.
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