14 dead after suspected insurgents raid civilians in northeast Nigeria, residents say

Suspected insurgents in Nigeria killed 14 people in a rampage that began in a nightclub and proceeded into the surrounding neighborhood in northeastern Yobe state, Reuters reported today.

The incident, which started around 1 a.m. local time and left the local pastor of the Church of Christ in Nigeria dead, came two months after another attack in the state killed 40 people.

The Sunni Extremist Boko Haram and splinter Islamic West Africa Province have waged an insurgency in Nigeria’s northeast for more than one decade and continue to carry out sporadic attacks against civilians and the military.