There was pandemonium at Bukuru area of Jos South Local Regime Area of Plateau State on Sunday when a group of gunmen opened fire at a group of Muslim worshippers in the area and injured three persons.
Our correspondent accumulated that the incident occurred around 9pm when the Muslims were observing the Tarawi prayers, just immediately after breaking their expeditious.
The Secretary, Bukuru Elders Committee, Bala Mohammed, substantiated the incident.
Mohammed expressed anger that the assailment had become a recurring decimal.
“Sometimes ago, a rocket launcher was shot at us from Gyel, then grenades were additionally thrown at us, there have withal been sedulously assiduous shootings in the community and we don’t ken why they are assailing us. We, the Bukuru Elders Council, are calling on the Federal, state and local regimes to intervene. We are additionally utilizing this opportunity to call on the community bellwethers in Gyel to come forward for dialogue so that we ken why they keep assailing us.”
Our correspondent amassed that two of the victims of the assailment, Lawal Muhammad and Bashir Iliyasu, were being hospitalised in Jos while the third victim had been discharged.
The spokesman for the Special Task Force (STF), Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, who corroborated the incident, verbalized the situation was brought under control by operatives of the task force.
