Three feared dead in armed attack on mining site in Plateau State
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Vanguard
Armed men attacked a mining site in the Jol community, in the Riyom area of Plateau State, Nigeria, at about 6pm on Tuesday, killing at least three people according to a resident. The Berom youth association condemned the attack, according to Vanguard.
At least three people are reported to have been killed in an attack by armed men on a mining site in the Jol community, in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, Nigeria. According to Vanguard, the assailants opened fire on people at the site at about 6pm on Tuesday.
A resident, Bulus Shen, confirmed the incident. He said the gunmen arrived in the evening and fired sporadically, throwing the community into panic. The spokesperson of the Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), an organisation of young people from the Berom ethnic group, Rwang Tengwong, also confirmed the attack. He described it as disturbing and unacceptable, and called on security forces to investigate, arrest those responsible and strengthen the protection of rural communities. Vanguard says it was unable to obtain details from the security forces.
The attack comes the day after other violence in the state: an armed attack killed four people in Plateau State on 9 November, and the army repelled an attack by militiamen in Mangu, with one person killed.
