Soldiers serving with the Special Task Force in Jos, Plateau State, on Thursday opened fire on rampaging youths who blocked a road in Bokkos Local Government Area.
The youths were protesting the killing of a monarch and a night attack on Wednesday.
At least one person was killed and five others injured, witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES. A witness, Mangai Haruna, said the youths refused to allow soldiers into the area.
“They shot on our people, one of them died instantly,” Haruna said.
Violence began on Monday afternoon when unknown gunmen ambushed and killed Lazarus Agaei, a first class traditional ruler and the Saf Ron Kurele, alongside his wife, son and a police guard.
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