Bandits kill woman and injure two while harvesting groundnuts on a Plateau farm

Armed men suspected of belonging to Fulani militias attacked women harvesting groundnuts and soybeans at about 4 p.m. Saturday in Gwom-Ajang, Foron District, Plateau State. Sixty-year-old Anthonia Sunday was killed, while 30-year-old Happiness Gwom was seriously injured and taken to Jos University Teaching Hospital; a third woman was also injured. Berom Youth Moulders Association president Dalyop Solomon Mwantiri urged security forces to find the perpetrators and bring them to justice. Police had not confirmed the attack by the time of publication.