Five people, four of them children of the same parents, were yesterday killed when gunmen attacked their home at Foron village in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
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A resident of the community said the attackers got to the residence of the victims at night while they were asleep and shot them.
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Confirming the incident, the immediate past Management Committee Chairman of the local government area, Mr. Emmanuel Loman, described the incident as sad.
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The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Plateau Police Command, ASP Dominic Esin, also confirmed the killings.
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Esin said that four of those killed were children while a member of the community's vigilance group also died.
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He added that the man was killed when he came out to ascertain what was happening after hearing gunshots.
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Two of the four persons injured, according to Esin, are the father and mother of the four children who were killed by the attackers.
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He said the injured persons were now receiving treatment at the PlateauSpecialistHospital, adding that investigation to unravel the identity of the killers had begun.
Plataeu State has to do things right before things get out of hand.
All this crisis must stop,
This is disastrous! Four siblings? Terrible is the word. Too bad
All this attacks are already enough in cases like this Plateau state have to resurrected then. Do something gov