The death toll of the Friday’s attack on the wedding travellers at Mangun community in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State has risen to 13. In addition to the eight corpses that were recovered on Saturday, the bodies of the four travellers earlier declared missing were said to be recovered yesterday; while one of those injured was also confirmed dead.
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The victims, comprising 32 men, women and children, were travelling in an 18-seater bus belonging to Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, from Basawa community in Zaria, Kaduna State, to Qua’an Pan LGA of Plateau when they were attacked.
They were said to be travelling to attend a wedding ceremony when they ran into the assailants around 8pm. The attackers also reportedly set ablaze the bus conveying them.
Sheik Suleiman Haruna, Chief Imam of Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah and chairman of the Muslim Consultative Forum in Mangun, told Daily Trust that the bodies of the four missing travellers were recovered yesterday.
He said one of the 19 injured travellers later died at the Mangu General Hospital, taking the death toll to 13. Nine of the victims were buried amid tears on Saturday evening at Hayi Burial Ground, Mangun; while the bodies recovered yesterday were interred in Qua’an Pan LGA….KINDLY READ THE FULL STORY HERE▶
