Attacks on Nigerian Churches Leave Five Dead, Officials Say
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Suspected members of an Islamist sect killed five worshippers in separate attacks on churches in northeastern and central Nigeria today, officials said.
Two people were killed and an unspecified number injured when gunmen attacked a church in Biu, 180 kilometers (112 miles) from the Borno State capital of Maiduguri, Victor Ebhaleme, a spokesman for the military’s Joint Task Force, said by phone. The worshippers belonged to the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria, he said.