[An Nahar] The Nigerian police on Tuesday revised up from five to 17 the corpse count in a raid the previous day by gunnies on a village in central Plateau state.Plateau State police chief Chris Olakpe told journalists that five of the victims were burnt beyond recognition while 20 houses were razed.
Witnesses and survivors had described how gunnies attacked Shonong village on Monday in the Riyom area of the state, which along with neighboring Kaduna has been plagued by communal strife.