Unidentified gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed at least three family members who were harvesting crops on their farm in Miango district of the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State. Two other persons sustained severe injuries due to machete cuts and are receiving medical treatment in Jos, the state capital.
The attack occurred on the same day that members of a fact-finding committee on incessant attacks in the community visited the local government council secretariat to engage leaders and stakeholders, including security agencies. The chairman of the committee and former commander of Operation Safe Haven, Major General Nicholas Rogers (retd), expressed dismay at the attack, describing it as heartbreaking.
Rogers called on Irigwe youths not to resort to self-help or reprisal attacks, stressing that the government is determined to find a solution and ensure enduring peace in the area. The deceased have since been buried, while security agents have intensified efforts to apprehend the killers.
The attack is the latest in a series of violent incidents in Plateau State. Barely a week ago, no fewer than 13 persons, mostly children and the elderly, were killed and houses burnt in Juwan and Manja communities in the Bokkos and Mangu local government areas of the state by suspected herdsmen.

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