Another Bloody Sunday: Nigerian senator, others, slain during mass burial

Social media outlets have gone agog with reports of a gruesome massacre at a funeral in Jos. According to  Sahararteporters, earlier this afternoon (Sunday), Senator Datong Dalyop and the majority leader of the Plateau State house of Assembly Gyang Fulani were all murdered today during a mass burial for scores of people killed yesterday by unknown gunmen.

A third person Simon Mwadkwon who is a member of the house of representatives was critically injured during the attack.

Details remain sketchy, but it reports suggest that the funeral was just concluded when heavily armed men in military uniforms descended on the mourners, shooting at the senator and other officials at point blank range.

“It was a horrible sight,” said a source who witnessed the tragedy. “People ran helter-skelter as the gunmen continued to shoot,” he added.

For the past several years, Plateau State has been mired in sectarian bloodshed between armed groups of Muslims and Christians.

Source: www.saharareporters.com