### [2026-10-2](/feed/2026/10/2/index.md)

##### Plateau
# Twenty people are killed and five others are injured after a four-vehicle crash in Plateau, Nigeria. 




### Sources:

1. [Xinhua](https://english.news.cn/20261003/88944ef3e24a40ceadd518d9553fe523/c.html)

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