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14 killed in Boko Haram attack on Nigeria

By Reuters
08 June 2017   |   2:18 pm
An attack by Boko Haram jihadists on the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri killed 14 people and wounded 24 others. It's said to be the group's most serious assault on the northeastern city in a year and a half.

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