A father and his son have been killed by gunmen in Durbi village of Shere District in Jos East Local Government Area of Plateau State.
They were reportedly killed on Saturday night.
A gunman was also killed in the attack as the villagers came out to repel the attack.
According to an anonymous local, the corpses were being held by the villagers, including that of the attacker.
The incident was coming a few days after gunmen spent days invading communities in Bokkos and Barkin Ladi local government areas of the state, killing about 150 villagers and injuring many more.
The spokesperson of Operation Safe Haven, a multi-security taskforce maintaining peace in the state, Captain James Oya, said the incident was a case of attempted kidnap of one Luka Kaze whose son was killed in the process.
Oya said when troops started coming for the rescue operation, the abductors mistakenly shot one of their colleagues, adding that the gunman shot Kaze dead out of anger.
