At least 74 people have been killed and scores others injured in two separate attacks in North eastern Nigeria.
22
people were killed in an attack on a church In Waga Chakaa village in
Adamawa state while 52 others were killed in a market in a busy market
place on Sunday.
Both attacks have been blamed on Boko Haram.
Gunmen
suspected to belong to Boko Haram militia group, opened fire in a
church and set off bombs in a busy church service killing 22 people in a
siege that lasted four hours.
In the
second attack, militants who were about 50, planted explosives around
Kawuri Village market in Borno State and set them off at closing time
which is usually the busiest time.
They also set houses in the village ablaze. Witnesses say that villagers trying to flee the burning houses were shot dead.
Police
in the war torn state put the figures of the dead in the latter attack
at 45 with 26 injured but warn that the toll could rise as they continue
to scour the village for more bodies.
North
eastern Nigeria has been in a state of emergency since may last year as
the army as the army was deployed to quell the insurgency.
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