Showing posts with label Jos. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jos. Show all posts

Saturday, August 31, 2013

Gunmen kill pregnant woman, five others killed in Jos



A pregnant woman and five men were on Thursday killed by unknown gunmen at Bisichi in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State. Four other people were seriously injured as the suspected armed robbers opened fire on their vehicle along Foron Road around 7.30 pm. while returning home from Bukuru. The attackers said to have been armed with sophisticated weapons, dispossessed their victims of their valuables before escaping from the scene 

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Jos: Women Attack STF Officers In Riyom, Injure Six



Six officers of the Special Task Force (STF) in Jos, Plateau state have been injured when they were attacked by some Berom women in Rim village in Riyom local government area of the state.
A statement by STF’s media and information officer Captain Salisu Mustapha said the women became violent and started hurling insult, and throwing dangerous objects including stones  at STF personnel who were on a search operation in the area; injuring six of them in the process.
“What happened in Rim was a usual random check and search operation that is conducted by STF in recent times all over the state against which the women mobilized themselves and prevented the personnel from doing their work and started calling for the withdrawal of the troop from Rim.

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