Islamic militant attack in Nigeria kills hundreds

Thursday, May 8, 2014

LAGOS, Nigeria -- Islamic militants who have triggered international outrage over the kidnapping of more than 270 Nigerian schoolgirls opened fire on a busy marketplace, killing hundreds of people in a new spasm of violence in the country's northeast.

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