Clashes have erupted in Kuru, near Jos, Plateau State, between the military Special Task Force and residents after a local was shot dead by unidentified assailants Sunday night.

Residents blame the military for the shooting which also injured another resident; but the STF, has denied the allegation.

The STF said the victims were hit by “stray bullets” from unidentified attackers who opened fire indiscriminately on Sunday.

Dozens of youth, Monday morning, set bonfires and cars alight, barricading the main Kuru-Vom-Manchok road, a major transit route in the area, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Troop reinforcements were being sent to the area to restore normalcy, a spokesperson for the STF said.

The protesters accused the military of “constant and consistent killings’’ of their kinsmen, an allegation that has repeatedly surfaced for years in the troubled north central state which has seen years/ bouts of sectarian conflicts.

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