The Police in Plateau State on Monday confirmed the killing of five members of a family at Kunte village, near Maraba Jama’a, in Jos South Local Government Area of the state by unknown gunmen.
DSP Felicia Anslem, the Command’s Public Relations Officer, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Jos that the murder took place around 10.45pm on Sunday.
Anslem said those killed were a “father, mother and three children.”
According to the spokesperson, investigation into the killings has commenced, adding that the police were doing their best to apprehend the culprits.
“The police had dispatched a team to search for the perpetrators of this criminal act, so that they would be brought to justice,” she stated.
She, however, said that the incident was not a crisis and had nothing to do with religious or ethnic inclination, stressing that it was purely an act of criminality.
“The moment something like this happens, many people tend give other meanings, but it was purely a criminal act, which must be taken as such,” said the PPRO.
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