A newly-wed couple were on Monday killed and another injured when suspected grazing herders attacked BECO Comprehensive Secondary School in Kwi, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.
The incident happened on Monday with the couple, who married in March, said to be teachers in the school while the injured is the vice principal who survived with gunshot wounds.
Narrating the incident to reporters, the school principal Dandoro Gyang explained that the staff of the school was holding a meeting within the premises when some of the suspected herders invaded the institution with their cattle and started shooting.
According to him, the shooting made everyone scamper to safety. In the ensuing pandemonium, one of the teachers died on the spot, another in a hospital while Vice Principal Dalyop Emmanuel Ibrahim survived with gunshot injuries.
The survivor after receiving first aid attention in Kwi was taken to Plateau Specialist Hospital where he was referred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital for lack of space.
The President of Berom Youth Moulders Solomon Dalyop, following the attack, called on the state government to ban open grazing in the state.
This according to him, has become a ploy to unleash havoc on lives and properties in the state.
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