Gunmen kill 4 Nigerian Christians

January 12, 2012

Gunmen on the outskirts of Potiskum, a northeastern Nigerian city of 200,000, have killed four Christians who were fleeing the area in the wake of previous attacks. The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram is suspected of carrying out the latest attack.

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Suspected Islamists kill 4 again (AFP)

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