Four Persons Killed In Tafawa Balewa
Town Of Bauchi State Posted: September 11, 2012 - 22:13 By SaharaReporters, New York
About four persons were killed last night in
Tafawa Balewa town of Bauchi State by unknown
gunmen who opened fire on three vehicles. A top security source told SaharaReporters that the
incident occurred around a bridge situated at Zuwal
in Sayawa area of the Tafawa Balewa local
government area. “The people mainly of Sayawa ethnic extraction
were returning to Tafawa Balewa from Bauchi town
when they were ambushed,” he said. “Two people
died on the spot, while a woman later died in the
hospital.” Another person was also found dead in the bush into
which some people had fled with injuries. “We are combing the bush looking for other
survivors who may have survived but are really
incapacitated,” our source said. He said that the gunmen fled after committing the
act, and that none of them was captured when armed
security personnel stormed the Zuwal Bridge and
nearby areas, trailing the assailants. The source added that a Fulani cattle herdsman was
also killed in the troubled Tafawa Balewa area on
Sunday along with about five of his cows.
Christians have been engaged in a feud with Hausa-
Fulani Muslims over land and farms in the area. As of the time of this report, armed soldiers were
patrolling Tafawa Balewa.

the federal govt should act swift to nip the impending crisis in the bud before it degenerates to reprisal as seen in the jos plateau.