Boko Haram militants kill dozens in Nigeria

Abuja, June 4: Militants have killed dozens of people in fresh attacks in Nigeria, BBC reported on Wednesday.

The Boko Haram militants attacked villages in Borno state in northern Nigeria.

Residents of Attagara village, close to the Cameroonian border, said that armed men ordered them into a church compound.

They said they were led to believe that the men were from the Nigerian military who then opened fire on the crowd, the report said.

The Nigerian military, however, denied that some of its men were helping militants.

IANS