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Fresh Plateau attack claims several lives, many injured

Many persons were feared dead, with others injured following an attack by suspected herdsmen in Yelwa Zangam village, Zangam District, Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

The attack, which occurred on Tuesday night, as learnt, also left several houses burnt.

Although, there’s yet to be any official statement from security agencies, however, according to Channels Television , it observed on visiting the Plateau State Specialist Hospital, that there were no fewer than 16 corpses at the morgue while those injured were receiving treatment.

Apart from the corpses that were moved to the morgue, sources disclosed that there were many other casualties yet to be evacuated from the burnt houses.

It would be recalled that the state Governor, Simon Lalong had earlier imposed a curfew on Jos North, Bassa and Jos South Local Government areas following an attack on Rukuba Road in Jos North Local Government Area.

Twenty-three people, who were travelling from Bauchi en-route Jos to Ikare in Ondo state were killed in the incident while 23 others were injured during the attack.

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