INQUIRER.net: Insurgents kill 56 in Nigeria mosque, village – sources

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Insurgents kill 56 in Nigeria mosque, village – sources Aug 13th 2013, 04:43 KANO – Suspected Islamist extremists have stormed a mosque and shot dead 44 worshippers, as well as 12 other people, in a nearby village in Nigeria's restive northeast, officials said on Monday.   The attacks at the weekend were believed to be in revenge over citizen vigilante groups forming to help the military battle Islamist extremist group Boko Haram, which has been waging an insurgency since 2009.   "Gunmen believed to be Boko Haram members entered the mosque and opened fire on Muslim worshippers, killing 44," a senior government official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly of the attack in Konduga on Sunday. ... Keep on reading: Insurgents kill 56 in Nigeria mosque, village – sources Media files: mosque-in-Maiduguri.jpg (image/jpeg)

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