Witnesses: 19 Dead at Fake Nigerian Checkpoint

Witnesses say suspected Boko Haram militants dressed as Nigerian soldiers killed 19 people Sunday at a fake checkpoint near the border with Cameroon.   Survivors and others near the scene say 19 bodies, including those of two truck drivers, were recovered at the ambush site about 30 kilometers from the border near the town of Logumani.    The leader of a civilian vigilante group aligned with the government told the French News Agency his group found five of the victims shot ...

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