Vanguard
22 Feb 2011
Jos — Twelve people were killed and several others injured in a fresh attack on Rwang Fang village in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau in the early hours of Tuesday by unknown assailants.
Among those killed was a driver, his wife and their four children.
The military Special Task Force (STF) Spokesman, Capt. Charles Ekeocha, who confirmed the incident blamed the villagers for not contacting the force on time.
He said: "The attack was carried out around midnight, but the villagers did not inform us until the attackers had fled.
"A military helicopter has been deployed there for aerial surveillance, because some cattle were also rustled during the attack."
Ekeocha said more troops had been deployed to beef up security in the area, and that men of the force were on the trail of the assailants.
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