Fulani Herdsmen Kill 2 Boys on the Plateau

TWO BOYS KILLED BY CATTLE RUSTLERS IN VWANG, JOS SOUTH LOCAL GOVERNMENTAREA.
Two boys have been killed while one narrowly escaped when gunmen believed to be Fulani herdsmen yesterday evening attempted to rustle more than 300 herds of cattle in Gwonohwong, near the permanent site of Karl Kuum University, Vwang, Jos South Local Government Area.
The two boys whose names were given as Ntyang Pam Danjuma, aged nine and Mesheck Dalyop Kang'ageda ten were slaughtered by their attackers while shepherding their cattle.
The attackers, numbering about seven, some in military camouflage, were said to have succeeded in rustling the 300 herds of cattle after killing the boys.
However, following an alarm by the boy who escaped, Bitrus Dalyop Maisaje,  members of the community and men of the Kaduna Vom Divisional police station, pursued them, leading to the recovery of all the rustled cattle.
As a result, the attackers escaped into the nearby hills.
The Divisional Police Officer in charge of Kaduna Vom, Chief Superintendent of Police, O. Amadi who was at the scene of the attack this morning, confirmed the incident, saying following a distress call by the Gwom Turu, Da Ezekiel Dalyop, men of the Division immediately went into action, chasing the attackers into the hills.
Amadi said the attackers could not contain the fire power of the police forcing them to abandon the rustled cattle.
The DPO said investigations are on to reveal the identities of those behind the heinous crime.
Also speaking, the Gwom Rwey Vwang, Da Gyang Gutt Balak, accompanied by the Gwom Rwey Heipang Da Taddy Tok, appealed to the people to remain calm and refrain from taking the law into their hands.
While sympathizing with parents of the victims, the Gwom Rwey expressed surprise that his domain had come under attack again after almost after a two-year lull.
The bodies of the two boys were later taken and deposited at the Vom Christian Hospital mortuary.