A reprisal attack has claimed the lives of two persons in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State, following an earlier shooting incident along the Jos–Bauchi highway.
A security source said the incident occurred on March 29 at Angwan Rukuba junction, where residents allegedly carried out retaliatory attacks on passersby after a morning assault by gunmen.
According to the source, the initial attack, which occurred at about 7:30 a.m., involved assailants who drove on a vehicle and opened fire on commuters, killing several persons and injuring others before fleeing the scene.
Security sources blamed the attack on cultist, while some blame it on the fulani bandits, sone said they are Boko Haram while some maintain that the attackers were some criminal elements because they fled in a vehicle.
