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Gunmen kill woman, injure two in Plateau
Gunmen kill woman, injure two in Plateau
By: Zagazola Makama
One woman has been killed and two others injured following an attack by gunmen in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.
Zagazola learnt that the attack occurred on Aug. 26 at about 7:30 p.m. when a commercial motorcyclist, Mangut Matthew, was conveying two women – Blessing Samson, 47, and Charity Benjamin, 37 – from Wang village to Butura Kampani.
According to sources, the trio was ambushed by yet-to-be-identified gunmen who opened fire on them.
“One of the female passengers was shot dead, while the motorcyclist and the other female passenger sustained varying degrees of injuries,” said the sources.
On receipt of the distress report, the Divisional Police Officer, Bokkos, led patrol teams to the scene, where the injured were rushed to a nearby clinic for treatment.
The corpse of the deceased was released to the family for burial after they declined autopsy.
The sources said that efforts had been intensified to track and apprehend the perpetrators.
Gunmen kill woman, injure two in Plateau