Wounded in the attack were Christians Michael Danladi, Danjuma Mashor, Pollong Sunday, Mamot Peter, Awang Peter, Toma Magit, Mandik Garba and Micah Mariyom, he added.
Police and military authorities confirmed the attacks on these Christian communities. Alabo Alfred, a spokesman for the Plateau State Police Command, said in a message to Morning Star News, “The incidents were reported to us. We have deployed police personnel to the affected areas in order to curtail the attacks.”
Maj. Ishaku Takwa, spokesman of the military’s Special Task Force (STF) in Jos, Plateau state, also confirmed the attacks in Bokkos in a statement.
Kaduna State Killings
In neighboring Kaduna state, suspected Fulani herdsmen and other terrorists killed 10 Christians and kidnapped nine others, including a Roman Catholic priest, in the past three weeks, area residents said.
In Kajuru County, the assailants invaded the villages of Cibiya, Karamai, Gefe and Tudun Mare, killing six Christians, said Kajuru resident Victor Mathias in a text message to Morning Star News. Two of those were killed on Thursday (Nov. 24) in Cibiya and Karamai villages, he said.
Samuel Aruwan, commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs in Kaduna state, identified the two slain as Idon Bonos and Aston Namaskar of the Cibiya and Karamai communities in Kufana, Kajuru County. He added that several people were injured.
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Herdsmen and other terrorists on Nov. 13 attacked Gefe and Tudun Mare villages at about 10 p.m., killing four Christians, area resident Didan Auta said in a text message to Morning Star News. He identified one of the slain as Elisha Arziki, a member of the Baptist Church.
In Chikun County, four Christians were killed in a Nov. 13 attack on Sabon Gaya village, said county resident Kefas Ibrahim, whose brother was among those slain. On the same day, herdsmen and other terrorists killed three Christians in Kankomi village, Chikun area residents said in text messages.
Aruwan, the Kaduna state commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, confirmed the attack on Kankomi village in a statement. “Sadly, while exploring the withdrawal route of the bandits, three corpses were found by the troops, apparently locals killed by the fleeing bandits,” he said.
In Kaduna state’s Kachia County, nine Christians were kidnapped on Nov. 8, including a Catholic priest, the Rev. Abraham Kunat, from Idon Gida village, according to area resident Joel Daniel. The Rev. Christian Emmanuel, chancellor of the Catholic Archdiocese of Kaduna, said in a statement that Kunat is parish priest of St. Bernard Catholic Church in Idon Gida village.
About 15 terrorists kidnapped Kunat from his residence at 12:30 a.m. on Nov. 8, Emmanuel said.
