Tragedy struck again in Miango district of the Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, where three family members were killed on Tuesday while harvesting crops on their farm.

Community sources disclosed that two others sustained severe injuries due to machete cuts and were receiving medical treatment in Jos, the state capital.

The attack coincided with the visit of members of the fact-finding committee on incessant attacks on the community to engage leaders and stakeholders, including security agencies, at the local government council secretariat.

The chairman of the committee, who is a retired army officer and former commander of Operation Safe Haven, Major General Nicholas Rogers (retd.), expressed dismay at the attack even with the presence of members who were making efforts to find lasting solutions to the incessant attacks.

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He described the incident as heartbreaking and urged the Irigwe youths not to resort to self-help or reprisal, as the government was more determined to find a solution and enduring peace in the area.

The deceased have since been buried, while security agents have intensified efforts to apprehend the killers.

The attack came less than a week after 13 persons, mostly children and the elderly, were killed and houses burnt in Juwan and Manja communities in the Bokkos and Mangu local government areas of the state by suspected herdsmen.

The deadly attack on Juwan in the Tangur District of the Bokkos Local Government Area left 10 persons killed and some others with serious injuries.

In Manja, Chafem Chiefdom of Mangu Local Government Area, three persons were killed.

They were on the farm tilling the grounds and tending their farmland when the attackers caught them unaware and killed them.

Others escaped with injuries after the intervention of security operatives following a distress call from those who escaped the onslaught.

The Chairman of the Bokkos Local Government Council, Amalau Samuel, confirmed the sad incident, describing it as barbaric and inhuman.

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The terrorists in the other attack in Manja, Chafem Kingdom of Mangu, killed three persons on the farm with over 20 houses burnt before the intervention of security operatives.

A member representing Mangu South in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mathew Kwarpo, said the terrorists invaded the community and killed three people before they were repelled by security men in conjunction with the youths.

According to the lawmaker, the marauders later launched another attack that day, during which they burned down over twenty houses.