Information available to 247ureports.com through sources in North Jos indicate that the calm in Jos might have beenย irreversiblyย interrupted by the unwarrantedย gruesome killing of six Muslim youths and a Maiangwa Chief by Nigerian Soldiers in revenge for the Saturday killing ofย Nigerian Soldier by Muslim/Hausa youths along Ali Kazaure Road in Northern Jos.
According to eyewitness reports in the Hausa/Fulani dominated community, the Soldier onย Saturday October 15, 2011ย was patroling the community alone without his partner when the local Muslim/Hausa youths found him andย laid anย ambushย for him. The soldier was cornered and hacked to deathย by the Muslim youths usingย locally made matchettes and knives. His riffle was then stolen by the youths.ย ย Incidentally, it was gathered that the killed Nigerian soldier was a Muslim and an indigene of Kogi State.
Acting in revenge, the Nigeria Soldiers attacked theย Muslim community onย the night of Sunday October 16, 2011ย using information received from Muslim informants living in the community. The soldier were said to haveย retrieved the riffle of the late soldier. In theย late night attack, six Muslim youthsย and a local Chief were reported to have been killed. The identity of the Chief is yet to be ascertained.ย
The Maiangwa communityย remains under tension.ย ย
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