Nigeria, April 5 -- Amnesty International and former presidential candidates Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar have reacted to recent killings of residents of Plateau, North-Central Nigeria.

TheCable reported that some gunmen reportedly maimed on 2 April no fewer than 10 residents of five communities in Bokkos Local Government Area of the state.

The attackers were said to have invaded Mangor Tamiso, Daffo, Manguna, Hurti and Tadai communities when they struck, leaving a number of houses destroyed.

The attack is coming a week after gunmen attacked another community in the same area.

Reaction to the attack, Amnesty International, a global human rights watchdog, expressed concerns about how "more deadly attacks have brought the death toll in ...