At least 25 people killed by militants in Nigeria's northeast


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jul 2015

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - At least 25 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram Islamist militants in raids on Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning on three communities in Nigeria's northeastern Borno state, military and police sources said.

Fighters in pick-up trucks attacked the town of Dille and two smaller communities in the Askira/Uba area in Borno state about 250 km (160 miles) south of Maiduguri the capital of Borno state and the epicentre of the insurgency.

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