Nigeria: Boko Haram Attacks Borno Church, Kills Nine

About 13 people have again been killed in the latest attack on church worshippers by suspected Boko Haram insurgents in the Gwoza Local Government area of Borno State, a police source and fleeing residents said on Monday.

"Some armed men stormed a church at Attagara village in Gwoza Local Government and opened fire on church worshippers while Sunday service was going on at about 9.30 in the morning, killing nine people, while the community also mobilised and succeeded in killing four of the attackers," the police source said.

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