“This morning at about 6.00am, Mr Boyi Dalyop, the Youth Leader of Nakai Danwal Village of Riyom reported to us that last night (Monday), gunmen attacked the house of Gyang Dachung and killed six members of his family.

“Immediately we mobilised to the village, took photographs of the dead bodies and released them to the relatives on demand for burial,” he said.

Tyopev revealed that the Deputy Commissioner of police in charge of Operations in the command, Mr Aliyu Tafida earlier visited the scene for assessment.

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It was also made known by the PPRO that the command had deployed more security personnel to the community and had intensified patrol in order to avert any reprisal attack.

Tyopev called on members of the public to be vigilant and also provide any useful information that could aid investigations on the killing.