ABUJA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Two suspects have been arrested following the killing of a Nigerian soldier in a mob action in the country's central region, local police said on Tuesday.
The military man, who was on a pass from Maiduguri, where he joined in the fight against terror group Boko Haram, was killed by an irate mob in Akwanga area of Nigeria's central state of Nasarawa on Monday.
A police spokesman said the victim, identified as Ayuba Ali, was accused of hitting a street hawker while riding on a motorbike.
"He (the soldier) was in mufti. He tried to pacify the hawker and an altercation ensued, resulting in irate youth beating him into a coma," Kennedy Idrisu, the police spokesman, told Xinhua.
The soldier later died at the hospital, Idrisu added.
A police investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of the mob action.