(NAN) Six people were
shot dead by men of the Nigerian Army in Bokkos while protesting the attack on
“Danan and Tasha Makarfi” villages by suspected Fulani herdsmen yesterday
night.
Unknown assailants had stormed the villages to carry out attacks days after the traditional ruler of Bokkos and his family members were killed by suspected herdsmen.
Unknown assailants had stormed the villages to carry out attacks days after the traditional ruler of Bokkos and his family members were killed by suspected herdsmen.
Angry youth,
earlier today barricaded all major roads leading to the area in protest against
the attack. Soldiers serving with the Special Task Force in Jos opened fire on
the protesters, killing six, and leaving many others with varying degree of
injuries. "The protest that was stage today was peaceful. Nobody was
molested," writes D'yong Mangut, who shared the photo.
"No house was
burnt and neither was anybody killed, yet the Army boys choose to send six of
them to their untimely grave with undisclosed numbers injured and currently
undergoing treatment in the hospital."
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