Attack Near Jos Under Investigation

Nigerian military officials say they are looking into claims that soldiers were involved in an attack in Plateau state that left 18 people dead, Bloomberg News reports.

Men wearing military uniforms were involved in the attack, said state police in Plateau cited by Next (Timbuktu).

Four Christian villages in the Barkin Ladi and Riyom districts were reportedly attacked Monday by suspected Muslim ethnic Fulani rivals. The attacks took place 18 miles south of Jos, the state...