Gunmen on Wednesday attacked some mourners in the Rim community of Plateau State and amputated one of the youth.

It was gathered that the mourners were returning from a burial in the neighbouring Bachit community when the gunmen who blocked the road shot at them and amputated one of the victims.

The Liaison Officer to Governor Caleb Mutfwang for Riyom State Constituency, Timothy Dantong, who was among the mourners who escaped the attack, confirmed the incident to PUNCH Online in Jos, the state capital, on Thursday.

He added that an armoured tank sent by security operatives eventually arrived in the community and rescued him and the stranded mourners

Dantong said, “Yesterday, I went for a burial in my village in Bachit. While retiring, there was an attack by gunmen in the neighbouring Rim community and we were advised to stop on the way because we had to pass through Rim.

“So, we were forced to stay there for more than five hours for the road to clear and some people who couldn’t wait and wanted to cross the road were shot on the way by the gunmen, whom we know as the Fulani militia.

“One youth was shot and his hand was amputated completely. It was an armoured tank that eventually came to our rescue and evacuated us on the road where we were stranded.

“Even this morning (Thursday), the gunmen came out again and blocked the road at Wereng community and attacked some villagers on a bike. (The PUNCH)