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By JOSHUA AMADI, Jos-
The Plateau State Police Command have confirmed the killing of seven persons by unknown gunmen, who attacked Dong Community in Jos South Local Government Area of the state on Sunday.
The police spokesman in the state, ASP Ubah Ogaba, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on Monday in Jos.
ASP Ogaba revealed that: “At about 8 p.m. on Sunday, we received a distress call that gunmen invaded Dong Village and killed seven persons”.
“A combined team of policemen, personnel of Operation Safe Haven, and Vigilance operatives, raced to the scene but the hoodlums had fled into the bush”. He said.
According to him, police investigation is on-going, and frantic effort is on to arrest the fleeing suspects
The police spokeman, further, said that security has been beefed up in that area to prevent escalation of violence or reprisal.
ASP Ogaba called on members of the public with useful information on the whereabouts of the criminals to report to security agencies.
He also urged residents of the community to be law-abiding, insisting that the security agencies would do everything to fish out the perpetrators.