Death toll in Nigeria Boko Haram attack up to 65 – official
By AFP
30 July 2019 |
8:36 am
An attack this weekend by Boko Haram fighters on a funeral in northeast Nigeria has left 65 people dead, almost triple the initial toll, a local official says. Dozens more bodies were discovered following the assault Saturday by gunmen on a village close to the regional capital Maiduguri.
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