Sect kills eight in beer parlor attack in Nigeria

Wednesday, January 11, 2012

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Gunmen from a radical Islamist group opened fire Tuesday night at a beer parlor in northeast Nigeria, killing eight people including four police officers as part of their ongoing sectarian battle against the oil-rich nation's government, authorities said.

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