Boko Haram Suspected in Attack on Christian Town

Suspected Boko Haram militants, who arrived on motorcycles throwing bombs, raided a mostly Christian town in Nigeria's northeast after nightfall on Saturday, residents and a military source said. Residents said scores of people had been killed in the town of Shani, but a police source said they had been unable to verify the death toll as communications to the town had been largely cut off. “They rode on motorcycles and were more than 30 men. They started throwing bombs into...

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