PLATEAU: 51 GET MASS BURIAL AS DEATH TOLL HITS 53.(PHOTO).

Plateau: 51 get mass burial as death toll hits 53 •Tinubu, Atiku react Death toll in the attack on Zike Kimakpa community in Kwall District of Irigwe Chiefdom, Bassa Local Government, Plateau State has risen to 53. Initial reports gave the future as 47, but a source close to the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) said more bodies were recovered after the villagers combed surrounding bushes. Several others were also wounded in the Incident, which occurred on Sunday night . National Publicity Secretary, Irigwe Development Association (IDA), Samuel Jugo, confirmed that the 51 killed were given a mass burial yesterday amidst tears and wailing by relations and other sympathisers who thronged the burial site. It was gathered that the gunmen in large numbers, rode into the area on motorbikes at about 11:32 pm on Sunday and went on a killing rampage till the early hours of yesterday ,killing no fewer than 53 persons. The marauders, suspected to be Fulani herd...
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