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At least 65 people killed in attack in Nigeria's Maiduguri city

Published: 31 Jan 2016 - 04:52 pm | Last Updated: 09 Nov 2021 - 08:27 am
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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least 65 people were killed on Saturday during an attack by militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said after counting bodies at a hospital morgue.

A Nigerian military spokesman, Colonel Mustapha Ankas, said that Boko Haram militants attacked the community of Dalori, about 5 km east of Maiduguri, on Saturday evening.

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