Boko Haram Hits Rural Nigerian Market

Boko Haram militants killed dozens of traders at a village market in northeastern Nigeria's Borno state, security sources said. The attack Friday was the second major assault on the market in Mainok, 65 kilometers west of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital, within five months. The weekly rural market draws hundreds of people from remote and surrounding communities who come to trade their farm produce and animals. The militants rolled into town on trucks and motorcycles and...

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