At least seven people have been reportedly shot dead, while many others sustained injuries, after some bandits invaded a market in Zurak Campani, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State.
We gathered that the attack occurred around 2:00 pm on Sunday.
A source, Abdullahi Hussaini, a youth leader in the area, said that the gunmen arrived at the market and suddenly opened fire on the people transacting businesses.
“The gunmen arrived at the market in their numbers on motorcycles.
“They started shooting sporadically, killing seven people instantly while many others were injured. The gunmen successfully launched the attack and fled without any resistance because people were not expecting any security threat at the moment.
“The gunmen fled to the bush, but police personnel have been deployed to the community to restore law and other. We are calling on more security deployment in the area because we don’t know what may happen anytime soon,” the youth leader said.
Spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alabo Alfred, has yet to react to the incident at the time this report was filed.
DECENCY GLOBAL NEWS reports that there has been a resurgence of kidnapping by bandits in parts of Northern Nigeria.
It would be recalled that barely four days ago, bandits stormed a Primary School in Kuriga (1), Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and kidnapped over 200 pupils and teachers.
