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Jos crisis: Another genocide averted in Jenta Kuru

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Written by Isaac Shobayo
Still reeling from the gruesome killings at Dogo Nahauwa in Jos South Local Government Area of Plateau State, where about 500 people were killed by some people suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, there was another attempt at Kuru Jenta village at the early hour of Sunday, leaving score of people with injuries and property worth million of naira destroyed.

Nigerian Tribune learnt that the attackers suspected to be Fulani in their large number at the early hour of Sunday, stormed the village in the Jos South Local Government with sophisticated weapons cudgel and cutlasses.

An eyewitness told the Nigerian Tribune that on arriving at the village the attackers released gunshots into the air to smoke people out of their houses just as it was done at Dogo Nahauwa and the recent one in Riyom Local Government Area of the state.

The eyewitness further stated that based on the experience of the previous attacks, the people refused to come out of their respective homes while some continue to make calls to the security agencies to come to their aids.

It was further gathered that while the few military men at the scene were trying to repel them, some of the attackers who, engaged the military men in a fierce battle gained access to the houses of the former Commissioner of Mineral Resources, Mr. Davou Timothy Pwarjok and Mr. Markus Pwarjok both brothers and rained bullets into the two houses.

Nigerian Tribune learnt that two families along with other whose houses were attacked escaped with various degrees of injuries while the district head of the area also escaped with injuries.

When Nigerian Tribune visited the scene of the unfortunate incident on Sunday afternoon, many of the houses in the village were riddled and perforated with bullets.

The Operation officer of Operation Save Heaven, Brigadier Kayode Ogundele, who confirmed the incident to the Nigerian Tribune said no life was lost during the invasion adding that just few people sustained minor injuries.

Brigadier Ogundele who stated that two houses and four vehicles were burnt said that the attackers who came in large number had good knowledge of the environment, adding that the timely intervention of his men nipped the situation in the bud.

He added that the house of the community head in the area was not touched because of the presence of the military men around the house and advised the people to report and suspicious moves within their vicinity.

It will be recalled that it was the same Jenta Kuru that some people were allegedly killed during the January crisis in the state and their bodies allegedly stuck into a well.