Crime
Again, active shooters on the loose in Plateau
No fewer than 11 people were shot dead by gunmen along Rim, Riyom Local Government Area of northern Plateau State Tuesday night.
State Police Public Relations Officer said the victims were were returning from a village market of Makera before they were shot at about 7:30 p.m. Apart from the dead, four others were injured.
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Terna Tyope said the state command is trailing the shooter. No arrest made either
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack. But the attackers were said to be in military camouflage.
Many have died in the state as a result of fresh violence between herdsmen and locals.
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