Boko Karam attack kills 50 in Nigeria

At least 50 people were feared dead after an attack in Nigeria’s northeast Borno state early Wednesday by suspected Boko Haram militants, witnesses said. Eyewitnesses told Xinhua the attackers invaded the town of Bama. Baba Ali, a member of a vigilance group who witnessed the incident, told reporters in Maiduguri, the state capital, that the invaders drove in heavy trucks into the town through Government Science College in Bama. ‘We were lucky that they came through one route so we tried to resist them,’ Ali said. ‘But we realized that they were in hundreds carrying sophisticated weapons.’ Ali, who escaped to Maiduguri on foot, said his team of seven men took cover at the nearby Bama General Hospital before fleeing into the bush.