By Israel Adamu,Jos
Seven persons were shot dead while many others injured yesterday in Zurak campani of Wase local government are of Plateau state.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred on market day when residents of the community were bubbling with market activities in the area.
Abdullahi Hussaini, a youth leader in the area who confirmed the incident, told newsmen that the gunmen arrived the market around 2:pm, and suddenly opened fire at people transacting businesses.
He said “the gunmen arrived the Market in their numbers riding on motorcycles.
They started shooting sporadically killing seven people instantly while many others injured. The gunmen successfully launched the attack and fled without any resistance because people were not expecting any security threat at the moment.
“The gunmen fled to the bush but police personnel have deployed to the community to restore law and other. We are calling on more security deployment in the area because we don’t know what may happen anytime soon, ” the youth leader said.
Contacted the Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Alabo Alfred, didn’t not respond the inquiries by our correspondent.
It could be recalled that Wase LGA had suffered from banditry and kidnapping activities in the past but enjoyed peace for the past year, until the recent attacks .
