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Boko Haram kills 48 fish vendors in northeast Nigeria

Boko Haram kills 48 fish vendors in northeast Nigeria

Boko Haram kills 48 fish vendors in northeast Nigeria

A screengrab taken on October 2, 2014 from a video released by the Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram and obtained by AFP shows group leader Abubakar Shekau

Kano (Nigeria) (AFP) - Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria's restive Borno State, near the border with Chad, the head of the fish traders association told AFP on Sunday.

"Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the fishing village of Doron Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday and killed a group of 48 fish traders‎ on their way to Chad to buy fish," Abubakar Gamandi said.

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