Youths and personnel of the Special Task Force (STF) clashed
on Monday in Kuru, near Jos, following the killing of one youth on Sunday night
by unknown gunmen.
STF media officer, Capt. Salisu Mustapha, said the deceased
youth was killed by a stray bullet, while another stray bullet injured another
youth. Mustapha could not confirm the source of the stray bullet, however.
Angered by the incident, youths in the area on Monday
morning took to the streets to protest what they called the "constant and
consistent killings" of their kinsmen.
A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who
visited the scene of the protest, reports that the youths set bonfires on the
main Kuru-Vom-Manchok road thereby making it impassable.
NAN correspondent saw rubbles of burnt cars at the scene of
the protest but could not confirm their ownership.
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