Islamic extremists killed at least 25 fishermen during an attack in north-eastern Nigeria’s Borno state, the police told The Associated Press on Thursday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The rebels attacked the fishermen in the remote Mukdolo village of Borno where the years-long extremist violence is concentrated, said a local police chif. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Some of the bodies in the Wednesday attack were recovered and buried on Thursday, he said. Nigeria, Africa\u2019s most populous country and largest economy, continues to grapple with a 14-year-old insurgency in the northeast by Islamic extremist rebels of Boko Haram. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The extremists are fighting to establish Shariah law and to stop Western education. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than 35,000 people have died and over 2 million have been displaced by the extremist violence, according to the U.N. Development Program. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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