
Abuja: At least 52 people were killed and others injured during the week by suspected gunmen in central Nigeria, local authorities said Friday.
The attacks since Wednesday night have caused panic across communities in the Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. The assailants fired indiscriminately at locals and set homes ablaze, Farmasum Fuddang, head of the Bokkos Cultural Development Council Vanguard, told reporters in the state capital of Jos.