Family Of Nine Burnt To Death

A family of nine has been burnt to death, following setting of their homes on fire by gunmen in Plateau State, two others persons were shot dead on Tuesday night in the attack at Maikatako community in the Bokko Local Government area of the state.

The gunmen said to be on a reprisal attack, fired gunshots, forcing members of the community to scamper for safety.

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They then set fire on the building of the family, and waited for the building to be razed to the ground with members of family inside it.

Earlier, youth in the community had killed two gunmen who killed a vigilante in the area last Monday. Spokesman of the State Police Command, Alfred Alabo, said that policemen had been deployed to track the gunmen.