Nigeria: Islamo-Fascists Kill Nearly 100 During Attack On Church Service, Burn Village To The Ground

Abubakar Shekau: Purported leader of Islamist group Boko Haram. He was pronounced "killed"
by the Nigerian government in 2009, but he started appearing in videos in 2010. The United
States has a $7 million award for his arrest. (Screen capture from video)

By Associated Press
Suspected Islamic extremists used explosives and heavy guns to attack a village and worshippers during a Christian church service in Nigeria’s northeast, killing at least 99 people and razing hundreds of homes, officials and witnesses said Monday.

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The attacks in Borno and Adamawa states resulted in one of the highest death tolls in recent attacks by militants who are defying an 8-month old military state of emergency in three states in northern Nigeria designed to halt an Islamic uprising there.

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