A group of suspected Boko Haram militants killed more than 60 people at a funeral in northeastern Nigeria over the weekend, in what would be the region’s deadliest attack of the year.
Chairman of the local government council, Muhammad Bulama, told local media that the group had recently attacked the same village, Badu, but villagers had fought them back, leading to a possible case of revenge from the violent Islamist group.
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