The United Nations (UN) says at least 110 people have been killed in a weekend attack in northeast Nigeria by the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group. Initial tolls indicated that at least 43 people were killed in Saturday’s attack which took place as Nigerian farmers were working in rice fields in the village of Kwashebe, near Maiduguri, the capital of volatile Borno state. The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats. Edward Kallon, UN humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said in a statement on...
Full Article110 civilians killed in 'Boko Haram attack' in northeast Nigeria: UN
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