By MOHAMMED MOMOH

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Abuja,

A week after 33 travellers were killed in an attack in Rubuka, Jos, in Nigeria’s Plateau state, 36 people have again been killed by gunmen in the same area.

The gunmen, said to be on a revenge mission over the August 14 killings of the 33 travellers, on Tuesday attacked Yelwa-zangam, behind the University of Jos, in Jos North Local Government, north central  Nigeria.

They destroyed the access bridge leading to the community before carrying out the raid at about 9pm. The gunmen destroyed property and burned houses.

Security operatives have gained access to the village as rescue operations commenced.

The Plateau State Police Command has yet to give details of the incident but the attack came after the military alleged a plot by some people to cause unrest in Jos.

The reprisals that followed the killing of the 33 travellers led to the closure of the University of Jos, which is reported to have lost a number of students to the ongoing crisis.

Ethno-religious and political crisis which enveloped Jos in the last four decades had festered.

More than 13,500 people have been killed in communal violence since 1984.

The heavy presence of military and police forces ensures a fragile calm in the city.