Gunmen on Tuesday night killed two people at Hos community of Riyom LGA of Plateau State.
The killing prompted a protest by women, who blocked the Jos-Abuja highway on Wednesday morning.
The Tuesday killing came barely one week after six miners were killed in Farinlamba community of the same LGA.
Our correspondent gathered that the corpses of the two youths were found in the early hours of Wednesday morning.
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Following the incident, residents of the community, also barricaded the Jos-Abuja road, a situation that disrupted vehicular movement on the highway.
Efforts to reach DSP Alfred Alabo, state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) were unsuccessful up till the time of filing this report.
On Monday morning, a similar killing occurred in Donga Village of Bassa LGA, where two teenage herders were murdered.
Our correspondent reports that there have been increased attacks and killing in villages in the state of recent.
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