Nigeria Northeast Town Hit by Second Islamist Attack in Week

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Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram attacked the northeastern town of Baga for the second time in a week, leaving bodies littering the streets, an official said.

Unconfirmed estimates by victims’ relatives put the death toll from violence in and around Baga today and on Jan. 3 as high as 2,000, Musa Bukar, the chairman of local government for the Kukawa district, which includes Baga, said by phone.