Gunmen have killed at least 20 people in fresh attacks in the northeastern Nigerian province of Adamawa in continuing sectarian violence, police and witnesses say.
Armed Islamist group Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for at least one of the attacks, and the government says it engaged the group’s fighters in a northeastern town in clashes that continued through Friday night.
At least eight people were killed when gunmen opened fire on worshippers in a church in Yola, the capital of the province, on Friday, a hospital source said.
“Bodies were brought in from the church attack,” a hospital source told the AFP news agency, adding that the death toll could rise as the wounded were still being treated.
“There was an attack at the Christian Apostolic church this evening. Some gunmen went into the church and opened fire on worshippers killing some people and wounding several others,” a journalist who lives in Yola said on condition of anonymity.
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Adamawa saw another attack earlier in the day, when at least another 12 were killed after armed men opened fire at a town hall in
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