The Plateau State Police Command has said the death toll in Sunday night’s attack on Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state by gunmen has risen to 15.
ASP Abu Gabriel, the command’s spokesman, who disclosed this to News Agency of Nigeria in Bokkos on Monday, said two more victims had died, raising the number to 15.
He said: “Two of the wounded persons receiving treatment at the Cottage Hospital, Bokkos died this afternoon, bringing the number of casualties to 15.
“Doctors in the hospital are trying their best in the treatment of those wounded to prevent further loss of lives; all of them are responding to treatment.”
Gabriel, who said security operatives were on top of the situation, dispelled rumours that shooting and killing were ongoing in the village in which most houses were reportedly razed by the attackers.
He said: “Deployment of combined security personnel to the village has been done and the situation is under control now.”
The police spokesman appealed to the people of Bokkos and the entire state to remain calm as efforts were being made to track down the perpetrators to face the wrath of the law.
NAN reports that the attack is the second in the last two weeks, as 12 persons had earlier been killed in Kulben village in Kombun District of Mangu Local Government Area of the state by gunmen.
NAN.
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