{"id":6690,"date":"2026-11-02T15:31:27","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:31:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/two-killed-five-injured-in-plateau-attacks\/"},"modified":"2026-11-02T15:31:27","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T15:31:27","slug":"two-killed-five-injured-in-plateau-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/02\/two-killed-five-injured-in-plateau-attacks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two killed, five injured in Plateau attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"650\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Two-killed-five-injured-in-Plateau-attacks.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"Plateau\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Two-killed-five-injured-in-Plateau-attacks.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\">By Golok Nanmwa<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">JOS \u2014 Two persons have been killed while five others sustained injuries in separate attacks on Toul and Halle communities in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attacks reportedly occurred at about 9pm on Sunday, November 1, 2026, when gunmen opened fire on residents in the two communities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Mangu resident, Gabriel Titus, who confirmed the incidents to newsmen, said one person was killed and four others injured in the attack on Toul community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Titus said: \u201cThe gunmen came into the community and opened fire on the people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAnother person was killed in Halle, while one other person sustained injuries during the attack.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He lamented that the attacks occurred despite a curfew imposed by the state government to prevent further violence in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a curfew in place, but the gunmen still came and carried out the attack,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Titus appealed to security operatives to intensify surveillance and track down those responsible for the attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also called for urgent measures to protect residents of the affected communities, saying the recurring violence had heightened concerns among residents.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Efforts to reach security operatives for comments were ongoing as of the time of filing this report.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardngr.com\/2026\/11\/two-killed-five-injured-in-plateau-attacks\/\">Two killed, five injured in Plateau attacks<\/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 \u2014 Two persons have been killed while five others sustained injuries in separate attacks on Toul and Halle communities in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6691,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6690","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\/6690","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=6690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6690"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}