Abuja: Nigerian Army soldiers shot and killed nine women protesting the military's management of communal clashes in northeastern Adamawa state's Lamurde area on Monday, witnesses and Amnesty International reported to The Associated Press on Tuesday.

The protesters blocked a major road when soldiers opened fire after being impeded, leaving ten others wounded, according to witnesses and victims' relatives.

The Nigerian Army denied responsibility in a statement, attributing the deaths to a local militia firing in the vicinity and claiming its troops engaged militants elsewhere with "unprofessional handling of automatic weapons."

Amnesty International Nigeria confirmed the soldiers killed the nine protesters based on witness and family accounts, with director Isa Sanusi stating, “It shows

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