Nigeria: 11 Killed in Jos Violence

9 January 2011

At least 11 people were killed in Jos yesterday amid fresh tensions linked to a political meeting and an attack on buses carrying some passengers, a military commander said.

"We have counted about 11 now in different locations," Brigadier General Hassan Umaru, who commands a military task force in the region told AFP when asked about the number of death.

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