Two persons have been reported killed in another attack by assailants in Durbi village of Shere district, Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The attack came at a time the State was yet to recover from the death of over 190 persons in the Christmas Eve attacks on Bokkos and Barkin-Ladi local government areas.
The Transition Implementation Committee chairman, Markus Nyam, confirmed this on Sunday, revealing that the attackers invaded the village on Saturday night, and killed a man and his son.
Nyam also said that the efforts of the vigilantes in the community, who engaged the assailants, resulted in the death of one of the attackers while others fled.
According to him, the Joint Security Task Force Operation Safe Haven personnel also responded to the community’s distress call, preventing the attackers from causing more damage.
Christmas Eve attack
Nearly 200 people died in the attacks that began on the evening of December 23 and lasted through the morning of December 26.
Religious and ethnic tensions have for years roiled the province, which lies between the Muslim-majority North and mainly Christian South.
The recent attacks led to nearly 20,000 people – mostly women and children – leaving some 20 villages around Bokkos and Barkin Ladi.
.They are now sheltering in 23 camps set up by the Red Cross.