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February 26, 2014

Nigeria: 59 Killed in Boko Haram Attack on School 
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In Nigeria, officials say 59 students died in an attack by Islamist
militants on a boarding school in the northeast. The group Boko Haram
reportedly shot or burned male students to death, while allowing females
to flee. Attacks by Boko Haram have killed more than 300 people this
month alone, most of them civilians.

 

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