Extremists kill more than 100 in Nigeria

Sunday, July 20, 2014

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria -- Boko Haram extremists have killed more than 100 people and hoisted their black and white flag over a town left undefended by Nigeria's military, just 50 miles from the northeastern state capital of Maiduguri, a civil defense spokesman and a human rights advocate said Saturday.

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