{"id":5392,"date":"2025-04-15T12:45:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/?p=5392"},"modified":"2025-04-15T12:45:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T12:45:57","slug":"weeping-in-plateau-community-as-they-buries-51-killed-in-fresh-attack-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beadysword.com.ng\/blog\/2025\/04\/15\/weeping-in-plateau-community-as-they-buries-51-killed-in-fresh-attack-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeping In Plateau Community As They Buries 51 Killed In Fresh Attack &#8211; Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"section-inner\">\n<div class=\"post-content detail-grid grid-alignright grid-allow-pullout\">\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tears flowed freely when the Zike community of Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State laid to rest the 51 victims of the recent heinous attack in the area.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The victims were gunned down early Monday when the perpetrators stormed the village and started shooting sporadically, leading to scores of deaths in what has become a recurring incident in the state.<\/p>\n<p>At the solemn event, members of the community recalled how the incident happened, describing it as \u201cdisheartening\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can tell you the situation is very disheartening,\u201d a community leader, Davidson Malison, said, adding that \u201cwe are still searching for more corpses.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomething needs to be done to put an end to this,\u201d Davidson said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Weeping, Anguish As Bassa Community Holds Mass Burial For Victims Of Herdsmen Attack\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hZaF2zGPURU?feature=oembed&#038;wmode=opaque\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>For a woman leader, Mary Dikwa, the situation has gone out of hand.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have been killing us in our community, and several times, they will come and attack us,\u201d the Irigwe women leader said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"advert advert__leaderboard d-block\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1672587799169-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CMfm07OH2owDFdpCpAQd0OIZbQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey have been coming to kill us every time. We are tired of this killing. Enough is enough. Our children are dying, our husbands are dying. Our crops have been razed down by these herdsmen,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Monday\u2019s carnage came despite reassurances from government authorities and less than two weeks after a similar dastardly killing left over 50 people dead and several others nursing injuries.<\/p>\n<p>Irked by the recurrent deadly attacks on the state, President Bola Tinubu ordered security agencies to go after the killers, describing the latest wave of assault on the North-Central state as devastating.<\/p>\n<div class=\"advert advert__leaderboard d-block\">\n<div class=\"ad__placeholder\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1672587060870-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CMjm07OH2owDFdpCpAQd0OIZbQ\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI have instructed security agencies to thoroughly investigate this crisis and identify those responsible for orchestrating these violent acts,\u201d the president said in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga. \u201cWe cannot allow this devastation and the tit-for-tat attacks to continue. Enough is enough.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Tears flowed freely when the Zike community of Bassa Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State laid to rest the 51 victims of the recent heinous attack in the area. 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