Gunmen on Sunday night attacked Dungwel village of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State during which they killed four people.
The spokesman of Operation Safe Haven, a multi-security taskforce maintaining peace in the state, Captain Oya James, confirmed the incident to our correspondent in Jos.
Captain James said: “It is true, there was an attack at Dungwel, and four persons were killed. It is unfortunate that by the time our troops got there, the deed had been done. But the situation was contained.
“It was as a result of the troops’ intervention that the Mai Angwa (community leader) and his family were rescued because his house was set ablaze but the fire was quenched and the people rescued.
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“If not for the intervention of the soldiers, the wives of the village head and his children, who were locked inside the house, would have died because the house was still on fire when the troops got there and everywhere was filled with smoke.”
One of the relatives of the victims, Shedrack Gambo, told journalists that apart from those killed, some others sustained injuries.
Various villages in Mangu LGA have come under attack in recent times with many people reportedly killed.
