WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Islamist militant group Boko Haram is suspected of launching a Sunday evening attack that killed forty-five people and wounded twenty-six in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno.
Borno State Police Commissioner Lawan Tanko said that the attackers arrived in the village of Kawuri, riding on pick-up trucks and motorcycles, opened fire at the market, and burned homes. A witness believes explosives may also have been used in the attack. A police bomb squad was being used to search for unexploded ordinances.