Plateau: 5 Killed In Fresh Attack

Leadership

1 March 2011

Plateau: 5 Killed In Fresh Attack

At least five members of the same family were yesterday killed at Dabwa village, Kaduna Vom in Jos South local government area of Plateau State by unknown assailants who invaded their family compound while they were sleeping. LEADERSHIP investigation revealed that the attackers stormed the village by 1 am on Sunday night to carry out the killing while injuring one little girl and left without taken anything from their victims.

Our correspondent gathered that the unknown assailants broke into one Davou house around 1 am when the whole family was asleep and shot five members of the family to death and injured one little girl who is currently receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the area.

It was further gathered that three females, Esther Davou, Salomi Davou and Matha Davou were among those killed and the males were John and Yakubu Davou respectively.