Boko Haram kills scores in raid on Nigerian town

Islamist insurgents seize swaths of north-eastern town of Bama, killing scores and displacing thousands in overnight raid

Boko Haram insurgents have overrun swaths of a north-eastern Nigerian town after hours of fighting killed scores of residents and displaced thousands, according to security sources.

The Islamists launched an attack on Bama, 45 miles from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri, on Monday. They were initially repelled but returned in greater numbers overnight, the sources and witnesses said.

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