21/10/2013 09:51
Boko Haram' gunmen kill 19 motorists in Nigeria
Militants wearing army uniforms have killed 19 people at checkpoints on a road in Nigeria's Borno state, the BBC reported.
The armed men reportedly stopped motorists on the road and ordered them out of their cars before shooting them or hacking them to death.
Witnesses told the BBC the men were from Boko Haram, though the Islamist militant group has not yet commented.
North-eastern Nigeria is under a state of emergency as Boko Haram attempts to create an Islamist state there.
The group targets both the military and civilians, including in schools, and frequently clashes with the Nigerian armed forces.
The latest attack happened early on Sunday morning near the town of Logumani, not far from the Cameroon border.