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Soldiers in Taraba State have killed five youths, including a final year Higher National Diploma (HND) student of the College of Agriculture, Jalingo after they mistook them as kidnappers.
The incident, which occurred on Friday at about 1 am in Baka village of Ardo-Kola Council, led to tension across the state.
The victims, who were said to have been returning to their various residences from a wedding ceremony in Baka, were mistaken for members of a kidnap gang by the soldiers patrolling the area.
Others on the same journey reportedly sustained injuries.
According to reports, bullets wounds were seen on the bodies of the victims when they were brought to the Federal Medical Centre, Mogul.