Several other residents were injured.
A member of the community told our correspondent that but for the prompt intervention of men of the Special Task Force on Jos Crises, code-named Operation Safe Haven, the casualties would have been more.
It was learnt that one person was killed and three others injured in Wase town when armed youths attempted to invade the community between 6am and 11am. They were reportedly repelled by the task force.
STF spokesman Capt. Salisu Mustapha said the clash was linked to an earlier attack on Friday night in Taka Lafiya, a village under the same Wase Local Government.
The village head was reportedly killed during the Friday attack.
In an earlier attack at Nin Duwi on Sunday night, two other persons were also killed and 16 huts set ablaze.
The late Abubakar and an elderly blind man, who was simply identified as Umar, were allegedly shot dead on Friday night when suspected militants invaded and set the village ablaze.
Capt. Mustapha said a group of youths, also suspected to be from Wase town, launched a reprisal attack in Duwi village, killing two persons. He said this led to yesterday’s attack on Wase.
Culled from The Nation newspapper
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