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Nearly 150 killed in suspected Boko Haram attacks in NE Nigeria

People stand outside burnt houses following an attack by Islamic militants in Gambaru, Nigeria May 2014.

Suspected Boko Haram militants killed nearly 150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said Thursday.

Dozens of militants stormed three remote villages in the flashpoint Borno state on Wednesday evening, slaughtering residents and setting houses ablaze in the bloodiest day of attacks by the extremist group since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in May.

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