Plateau state police command has confirmed fresh disturbances of peace in Dutse Uku, Rikkos and Cele Bridge communities in jos North local government area on Sunday.
Violence reportedly broke out in the cold tin city, Sunday afternoon with youths in area burning down houses following the murder of an unidentified civilian.
Although what led to the sunday round of breakdown of law and oder in the community has not been verified but report filtering in said the corpse of a young civilian was discovered around Angwan Damisa in Dutse Uku.
Confirming the incident, the state police command through it’s public relations officer Terna Topyev said the situation in under control.
Dutse Uku, an area that boarders a dominant Christian and Muslim communities have in the last few months been in the news for skirmishes.
As at the time of filling in this report, Men of the operation Safe Haven have been deployed to the affected areas to calm the situation.
