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Ten more Nigerians slain

Published: December 06, 2012

A Nigerian church after a recent bomb attack

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Suspected Islamist fighters went on the rampage in northeast Nigeria last Saturday night, killing 10 Christians with guns and machetes and burning down their houses, reports The Tablet.

The attack happened at a remote village in Borno state, close to the heart of an insurgency led by Islamist sect Boko Haram.

In a separate incident on Sunday, gunmen attacked government targets and churches near the border with Cameroon, killing five policemen. On Tuesday Christians were reported to be streaming out of Borno's capital, Maiduguri.

Churches were being boarded up and were heavily guarded by soldiers and police.

FULL STORY Ten more Nigerians slain (Tablet)

 

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