Up to six persons were confirmed dead on Sunday by
military and local government officials in central
north Nigeria's Plateau State, following an attack by
unknown gunmen on a village in the state.
Chairman of Wase Local Government Council
Muhamadu Zakari told reporters in Jos, the state
capital, that five villagers and one assailant were
killed in an attack on Kumbur village on Saturday.
Zakari said the attackers also injured several others.
Spokesperson for the Special Task Force (STF) Capt.
Salisu Mustapha, who also confirmed the attack, said
the STF personnel, who rushed to the scene of the
attack, killed one of the fleeing assailants.
Mustapha said the attackers had wanted to use the
village route to launch a heavy raid on Wase, adding
that they were, however, repelled by the men of the
STF.
He said peace had been restored to the affected area.
Plateau State is situated in Nigeria's middle belt
where the Muslim-dominated north and the
Christian-majority south meet. The state capital Jos
was plunged in a pool of blood on March 7, 2010,
when members of local Muslim and Christian
communities fought each other in revenge for
previous killings.
The state has witnessed some bomb blasts and
constant rifts between Berom and Fulani herdsmen,
with many, especially women and children, murdered
in cold blood in the state.

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