Jos — Jos still refused to relent on its bloodletting on Monday.

Eight more died in multiple attacks in the Farin Lamba and Fan areas, allegedly carried out by people in security uniform.

A woman and her daughter were among those killed.

Others received injuries as they attempted to flee their homes ambushed by the invaders.

The attacks on the two villages were the fifth in two weeks, with the death toll rising to 34.

The killings have set councils in Plateau North Senatorial District on fire, with all forms of demonstrations against the presence of soldiers on the streets of Jos and its environs who turn the other way as residents are murdered.

Women on Monday in Vom took to the streets calling for the removal of the Special Military Task Force (STF) led by Brigadier General Hassan Umaru.

Intense firing into the air did not deter the protesters.

They marched and destroyed a military security tent, and a scuffle led to six women being injured.

Bulus Pam, a victim of the violence who is receiving treatment at the Vom Christian Hospital, said the attackers first encountered him and three others who were on duty as a vigilante group.

Rather than identify themselves as requested by the vigilante men, they opened fire, killing three, and injuring Pam, who escaped.

He recounted that some of the attackers wore bullet proof vests similar to those of soldiers.

Pam said in the moonlight he and his group sighted an STF patrol vehicle parked far off, but which drove off after the attackers visited more comprehensive assault on their victims and walked towards the patrol van.

STF Spokesman Charles Ekeocha explained that the official position of the task force was still being put together at press time.

The state government said it was monitoring the situation.

Commissioner of Police (CP), Abdurrahman Akano, confirmed to journalists that he received a report alleging that people in military uniform killed five people in Farin Lamba on Sunday and drove off in a Hilux van.

On Monday, hoodlums burnt parts of Jos railway market, where Igbo traders renewed complaints about violence against them, leading to several of them being murdered this month alone.

But Akano insisted that the security agencies are on top of the situation.

"We, the security, have not failed. But whenever we are doing something, some people somewhere are trying to take us back.

"Just the day before yesterday, we received a report that over 100 cows belonging to the Fulani were stolen and what we are seeing today is a reprisal attack," he lamented.