UN Says 34 People Might Have Died in Nigeria Easter Attack
- Nigerian army earlier reported killings in Boko Haram clash
- Northeast Nigeria raids have killed 120 people this year: UN
Emergency workers carry a body of a victim in Maiduguri, Nigeria, on April 2.
Photographer: Jossy Ola/AP Photo
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Some 34 people may have been killed and 90 injured in attacks on Sunday in Nigeria’s northeastern state of Borno, according to the United Nations.
That brings the number of deaths related to raids by the Boko Haram militant group in Borno, Adamawa and Yobe states this year to at least 120, the UN said in an emailed statement Monday. The region has been a battle ground since 2009 as Boko Haram wages a violent campaign to impose its version of Islamic law on Africa’s most populous country.