Gunmen, suspected to be terrorists, carried out an attack on Shere village in the Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State, resulting in the tragic deaths of a father and his son.
The attack which occurred on Saturday, December 30, 2023, is coming barely one week after gunmen attacked many communities in the state, killed about 200 people and burnt 221 houses.
Transition Implementation Committee chairman, Markus Nyam confirmed the incident on Sunday, revealing that the attackers invaded the village on Saturday night and killed Itse Luka Kaze (pictured) and his father.
Nyam also said that the efforts of the vigilantes in the community who engaged the assailants resulted in the death of one of the attackers as others fled.
The Joint Security Task Force Operation Safe Haven personnel also responded to the community’s distress call, preventing the attackers from causing more damage.
Meanwhile, a family member of the victims, Bulus Atsen, confirmed the incident via X on Sunday.
‘Itse Luka Kazé, a father of four and an industrious young man who left the village for Jos city so his children could get good educational opportunities visited his father in Durbi, Jos East, Plateau, where he was killed alongside his father. He had dreams too,” Bulus wrote.
