Gunmen kill 7 in north-central Nigeria
Monday May 24 2021
A Nigerian police SWAT personnel member sits alert with a machine gun on a vehicle stationed at the entrance of Rivers State collation centre in Port Harcourt, Southern Nigeria, on February 26, 2019. YASUYOSHI CHIBA | AFP
Lagos,
A group of unidentified gunmen on Sunday night attacked a village in north-central Nigeria's Plateau state, killing seven people, a police officer said Monday.
Gabriel Ubah, a spokesperson for the police in Plateau, who confirmed the incident in a statement issued in Jos, the state capital, said the police received a distress call at about 8pm. (1900 GMT) on Sunday, reporting a gunmen attack on Dong village in Jos South local government area, which killed seven persons.
"A combined team of policemen ... raced swiftly to the scene but the hoodlums had already fled back into the bush," Ubah said.
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He said an investigation is ongoing, with frantic efforts to arrest the gunmen at large.
A series of armed attacks have taken place across the most populous African country, leading to deaths of civilians and security operatives.