No fewer than sixteen persons in different communities of Taraba State have been killed by suspected bandits.
According to a DAILY POST report, the bandits stormed the communities in their numbers at the weekend and we t away with several persons.
Gidado and Garinkuka villages in Gunduma district of Mutum-Biyu chiefdom in Gassol Local Government Area were some of the communities attacked.
A staff of the local government, who gave his name as Abdullahi Chul, while confirming the attack said the attackers invaded the communities in their numbers and on motorbikes.
Chul said the attackers, on arriving in the communities, were shooting sporadically, adding that several other persons escaped with gunshot injuries.
Few weeks ago, bandits, it would be recalled, blocked roads in the council where a truck driver was killed and travellers in their numbers abducted.
Also confirming the report, the Police Public Relations Officer, Abdullahi Usman, admitted that there was an attack on the council.
He told the platform that the command was on top of the situation, as efforts to get at the bandits were in motion.