Nigeria: 18 Civilians, Two Police Officers Feared Killed in Fresh Plateau Attack

Gunmen were reported to have killed unconfirmed number of persons in a Wednesday night attack on Mile-Bakwai Village in Bokkos, Plateau State.

Navy Captain Jude Akpa, the Media Officer of the Special Task Force (STF) maintaining the peace in Plateau, confirmed the attack and said that the attackers shot and injured two officers of the STF, both of them mobile policemen.

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