Nigeria

[Schneemann]

At least 40 dead after Boko Haram militants open fire in college dorm in Nigeria

Boko Haram gunmen have opened fire in a college dormitory in north-east Nigeria as students slept, killing at least 40 people, in the latest massacre blamed on the Islamist insurgents.

All of the dead are said to have been students of the College of Agriculture in the town of Gujba, some 30 kilometres from Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state. The early morning attack was carried out by "Boko Haram terrorists who went into the school and opened fire on students" while they were sleeping, the military spokesman in Yobe, Lazarus Eli, told AFP.

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