At least 18 people, including a soldier, were killed when Nigerian troops raided a town to quell a protest over ballot-rigging in last week's local government election, a local reporter said on Tuesday.
Some press reports, citing witnesses, put the death toll in Sunday's clash as high as 30, after soldiers fought with local mobs armed with machetes and home-made firearms in the rural town of Donga, in eastern Nigeria.
"Trouble began early in the morning when a convoy carrying a state government delegation to see the chief of Donga was attacked by a mob, who accused the government of overturning the results of last week's local government polls," said local television reporter Ibrahim Mbar.
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