Robbers kill 15 in bus attack

Lagos - Armed robbers killed 15 people in a new attack on a night bus in south-east Nigeria, in the latest in a string of incidents…

Lagos - Armed robbers killed 15 people in a new attack on a night bus in south-east Nigeria, in the latest in a string of incidents.

The attack took place near Onitsha in south-east Nigeria's Anambra State. The paper said an armed gang had chased a bus along the Onitsha-Asaba Expressway and opened fire, killing 15 people. The dead were laid out on the road yesterday morning, it added.

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