Nigeria: Gunmen Sack Two Plateau Villages, Kill Two, Burn Houses

20 April 2013

Two aged women have been confirmed killed and 30 houses razed late Friday night in Dakum and Jol villages of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.

A source from the village said the gunmen struck the two villages late Friday night and set the houses on fire, and the occupants who tried to escape were attacked.

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