A man, John Mark Pam, has lost five members of his extended family comprising his brother, the wife and three children when attackers stormed their home in their sleep in Heipang District of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The bereaved gave the name of his brother as Dung Mark, whose whole family members were wiped out when attackers invaded their compound and set the building ablaze.
Public Relations Officer of the Plateau State Police Command, DSP Alfred Alabo, who confirmed the incident, stared that security has been reinforced in the community with personnel on the trail of the attackers.
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Aside from Mark, 15 other persons were killed with over 10 others injured by assailants in the deadly attack.
Residents of the community narrated that the attackers came in the early hours of Thursday and invaded the community while they were sleeping.
The efforts of vigilantes in the community were not enough to ward off the attackers who had superior firepower against the vigilantes’ dane guns.
In the ensuing gun duel with the hoodlums, four members of the vigilantes paid the supreme price as the attackers set some houses on fire, burning residents who were asleep and could not escape from the sudden attack.
