Nigerian cult ambush kills 46 policemen
Attackers from a secretive cult with links to pagan movements ambushed and killed as many as 46 police officers in central Nigeria.
Nigerian cult ambush kills 46 policemen
Detectives are investigating if the gunmen were linked to the country's al-Qaeda offshoot.
A detachment of 60 policemen were on their way to arrest the leader of the Ombatse militia when the group's fighters launched their attack.
At least 23 officers were killed and many were still missing, said Abayomi Akeremale, the police commissioner of Nasarawa State, which lies on the nominal border between Nigeria's Christian south and its Muslim north.
Separate reports said that 46 people were killed, but they could not immediately be verified.
"There was a huge ambush and our men were caught offguard and killed like they were animals," Mr Akeremale said. "Already 23 bodies have been recovered. Most were burnt after they were killed. There are many others who remain unaccounted for."
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