No fewer than seven persons have lost their lives at Pinua village of Wase Local Council of Plateau State as gunmen suspected to be Fulani militia attacked the inhabitants.
The Guardian gathered that many of the villagers were seriously injured in the process, as many of them fled into the bush in the night on Saturday.
The bandits reportedly killed three persons. However, one of the survivors, Bazuga Ibrahim, narrated, yesterday, that four of those, who were shot, died in the bush.
He told The Guardian over 10,000 of them from Pinua village took to their heels when the bandits struck, stressing that the village had been deserted.
The Military Information Officer (MIO) of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), Maj. Ishaku Takwa, confirmed that there was an incident in the area, but said it was a clash between a vigilante group and bandits.
