Nigeria Policeman Among 12 Dead in Jos Clashes, ThisDay Says

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A policeman was among 12 people killed in new fighting between Muslims and Christians in Jos, the capital of north-central Nigeria’s Plateau state, ThisDay newspaper reported, citing witnesses it didn’t identify.

A Muslim trader in one of the city’s markets stabbed to death a policeman, said to be a Christian, provoking reprisal attacks from other Christians, the Lagos-based newspaper said.