The death toll of four people and other injured people from the gunmen attack on Friday night in Dorowa Babuje community in Barkin Ladi council of Plateau State has risen to seven.

On that fateful day, it was alleged that gunmen stormed the community around 11pm and first attacked the vigilantes keeping watch over the area and killed four of them instantly , leaving others injured.

It was reported that the attack forced the residents to flee in different directions.

According to sources,the vigilantes were protecting the community when the attackers struck and killed four of the vigilantes and six others were seriously injured as the local vigilantes could not match the superior fire power of the gunmen.

Expressing their heartfelt sympathy for the killed vigilantes , the source said that what happened was too painful.

This ugly incident was also confirmed by the National Publicity Secretary of Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM) Rwang Tenhwong .

Condemning the killings,he described it as very unfortunate that community members keeping watch over their area had been targeted and massacred like that .

According to Tengwong, “We are deeply saddened by this latest attack and call on the relevant security agencies to urgently investigate the incident and ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.

He was very sympathetic, saying that residents could not continue to live in fear while those who volunteer to protect them are being attacked and killed.

Unfortunately, reports just reaching The Guardian said that out of those seriously injured during that Friday attack ,three of them later died in the process bringing the overall number of those who were killed in the process to seven.

The source, who simply referred to himself as Mamuda, living in the area, said that three corpses were later brought from the community bush.

He said that was the situation they found themselves in, appealing to government and security agencies to intensify investigation to bring those involved to book.