Nigeria, Aug. 20 -- The Plateau Youth Council (PYC), in a statement signed by its Deputy Chairman Joshua Gabriel Goholput and Ephraim Prep, Chairman of PYC Chakfem Chiefdom, obtained by The News Chronicle, described the incident as part of a disturbing pattern of violence that they say resembles genocide.

The statement condemned the attack, calling it a "barbaric act aimed at exterminating their people."

"No grievance can justify the systematic killing of innocent people," the Council said. "Each life lost is a broken family and a scar on our nation's conscience. These repeated attacks spread fear and division, threatening the peace and unity we have worked to preserve."

The PYC expressed sympathy for the victims' families and urged th...