This Article is From Apr 06, 2015

Disguised as Preachers, Boko Haram Kill At Least 24 in Northeast Nigeria

Disguised as Preachers, Boko Haram Kill At Least 24 in Northeast Nigeria

File photo: Members of the terror group Boko Haram. (Agence France-Presse).

Maiduguri:

Islamist Boko Haram militants disguised as preachers killed at least 24 people and wounded several others in an attack near a mosque in northeast Nigeria's Borno state, a military source and witness said today.

The attackers arrived in cars late on Sunday and gathered people to a mosque in the remote village of Kwajafa, pretending to preach Islam. They then opened fire on them, witness Simeon Buba said.

© Thomson Reuters 2015

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