Nigeria military denies reprisal attack after 16 troops killed
MEN in army uniform ransacked and burned homes in Nigeria's oil-producing Delta state days after youths killed 16 soldiers sent there to resolve a land dispute, residents said, but the defence chief denied military involvement. Residents said soldiers attacked the riverside Okuoma community of a few hundred people on Sunday while looking for those responsible for Thursday's killings. Tam Oburumu, who fled from his home, said uniformed men were going around looking for weapons and ransacked houses before torching them. "The damage for now is huge, a lot of houses were burned," Oburumu said by phone from a nearby village where he…