As many as 300 killed in attack on Nigerian town

LAGOS, Nigeria — Islamic militants killed many people in an attack on a border town in Nigeria's remote northeast, a state government official said Thursday. Shops and homes were set ablaze and razed in the attack Monday night on Gamboru Ngala, on Nigeria's border with Cameroon, Borno state information commissioner Mohammed Bulama told The Associated Press by telephone. As many as 300 people were killed in the attack, according to local newspapers. The militants sprayed gunfire into the crowds of people at a busy market, that is open at night when temperatures cool in the semi-desert region, reported ThisDay newspaper.

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