By Uzair Adam Imam
Taraba State on Saturday was thrown into pandemonium and fear as fresh communal violence erupted in Karim Lamido Local Government Area of the state.
It was reported that the clash also brought tears to the eyes of many families who lost their relatives in the violence.
A witness who preferred anonymity told journalists that over 50 people were murdered and several houses burnt to ashes.
But police said the number of casualties cannot yet be ascertained due to the inaccessibility of the terrain at the time of the findings.
Usman Abdullahi, the State’s Police Command Spokesperson, said the new crisis between the Wurkuns and the Karimjos started around 3 a.m. as “guerilla attacks.”
“In the last few days, there have been pockets of guerilla attacks in some communities in the area whereby the Karimjos attack the Wurkuns, and the Wurkuns also attack in return, or the Wurkuns attack the Karimjos, and they also attack in return,” he said.
According to the police spokesperson, a joint security team of military and police personnel are already in the area to restore order.