{"id":14507,"date":"2026-11-10T19:30:48","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/three-feared-killed-as-gunmen-attack-mining-site-in-plateau\/"},"modified":"2026-11-10T19:30:48","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T19:30:48","slug":"three-feared-killed-as-gunmen-attack-mining-site-in-plateau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/three-feared-killed-as-gunmen-attack-mining-site-in-plateau\/","title":{"rendered":"Three feared killed as gunmen attack mining site in Plateau"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Three-feared-killed-as-gunmen-attack-mining-site-in-Plateau.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plateau\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Three-feared-killed-as-gunmen-attack-mining-site-in-Plateau.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.vanguardngr.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Plateau-State-map-300x162.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Golok Nanmwa<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JOS \u2013 No fewer than three persons have reportedly been killed following an attack by gunmen on a mining site in Jol community, Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred at about 6pm on Tuesday, when the assailants reportedly stormed the mining site and opened fire on people in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A resident of the community, Bulus Shen, who confirmed the incident, told newsmen that the gunmen arrived at the mining site in the evening and began shooting sporadically.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shen said the attack threw the community into panic, adding that three persons were reportedly killed in the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The spokesperson of the Berom Youth Moulders Association (BYM), Rwang Tengwong, also confirmed the attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tengwong condemned the killing, describing the incident as disturbing and unacceptable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He called on security agencies to urgently investigate the attack, apprehend those responsible and strengthen security around rural communities to prevent further loss of lives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts to get further details from security operatives were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/three-feared-killed-as-gunmen-attack-mining-site-in-plateau\/\">Three feared killed as gunmen attack mining site in Plateau<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/\">Vanguard News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Vanguard News<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Golok Nanmwa JOS \u2013 No fewer than three persons have reportedly been killed following an attack by gunmen on a mining site in Jol community, Riyom Local Government Area&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}