Scores killed in Nigeria extremist attacks

Fifty-four people were killed in two attacks in northern Nigeria suspected to be by Islamic extremists, officials said.

Scores killed in Nigeria extremist attacks

Fifty-four people were killed in two attacks in northern Nigeria suspected to be by Islamic extremists, officials said.

Police constable Abdullahi Mohammed said today that suspected Boko Haram members killed 24 soldiers and 21 policemen in an attack yesterday evening on Buni Yadi town in Yobe state.

And in Borno state local government official Nglamuda Ibrahim said gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram killed nine people in two remote villages, also last night.

The official said that in Ashigashiya town the armed men shot at villagers, burned their homes and held control over the area and hoisted their white flags with Arabic letters.

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