Not fever than 35 people were killed in a Tuesday night attack on Yelwan Zangam, an Anaguta community of Jos North local government area of Plateau State.
The attack comes despite the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Jos North, Jos South and Bassa local government areas by the Plateau State government.
An eyewitness in Yelwan Zangam said the gunmen invaded the community at about 9pm on Tuesday burning houses and shooting anyone on sight.
He said he counted more than 30 bodies with some bodies decapitated beyond recognition in the area.
It was learnt that the attackers destroyed the bridge leading to the Anaguta community thereby preventing any access to bring help before launching their attacks.
Meanwhile, troops of “Operation Safe Haven OPSH” also confirmed the attack by gunmen on Zangam community of Yelwa in Jos north local government area of Plateau State.
According to OPSH the attackers came in the night and started house to house shooting of members of the community noting that the gunmen also destroyed houses and the bridge linking the town to the community making access to the area difficult for security agencies.
OPSH information officer, Major Ishaku Takwa in a statement issued in Jos said efforts to save the community were slowed down by the destruction of the bridge by the marauders.
He added that the troops eventually got to the scene of the attack by navigating through other villages and met some houses already burnt and people killed.
In the same vein, Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State said he was appalled by yet another attack at Yelwa Zangam village of Jos North local government area where properties were destroyed and some persons killed.
The governor in a statement issued by the director of press and public affairs, Simon Makut Macham said Lalong has condemned the barbaric act and directed security agencies who have already arrested 10 suspects in connection with the attack to intensify efforts in tracking down the other assailants and their sponsors in order to bring them to justice.
“Lalong is furious over the incident which security reports indicate was carefully planned as the bridge linking the village was said to have been destroyed in order to deny security forces access to the area during the attack,” he said.
Similarly, the senator representing Plateau North senatorial district Barr Istifanus Gyang said he is gravely disturbed over the killing of over 35 people when terror was visited on Yelwa Zangam.
He expressed outrage by the serial and continuing terror attacks on communities in Plateau State with thousands of lives brutally massacred over the years.
