Seven individuals were allegedly killed and several others were injured when bandits attacked a market in Zurak Campani, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The incident took place on a busy market day with a lot of commercial activities. The gunmen arrived at the market at 2 p.m. and started shooting at people conducting business.
According to the youth leader, Abdullahi Hussaini, “The gunmen arrived at the market in their numbers on motorcycles. They started shooting sporadically, killing seven people instantly while many others were injured. The gunmen successfully launched the attack and fled without any resistance because people were not expecting any security threat at the moment,” he told DailyTrust.
“The gunmen fled to the bush, but police personnel have been deployed to the community to restore law and order.” We are calling on more security deployment in the area because we don’t know what may happen anytime soon,” the youth leader said.
The spokesperson for the state police command, DSP Alabo Alfred, was unavailable for comment at the time of the report.
