Gunmen 'kill worshippers' at Nigeria church

Attackers armed with guns and explosives have killed 22 people at a busy church service in a northeast Nigerian village, witnesses said.

Sunday's attack happened in a region where Boko Haram, a group fighting the government and blamed for a spate of deadly attacks in the country's north east, is resisting a military crackdown. Boko Haram translates as "Western education is sinful".

The Associated Press news agency reported that Ari Kolomi, who escaped the massacre, said there were more than 50 attackers.

The assailants set off bombs and fired into the congregation in the Catholic church in Waga Chakawa village in Adamawa state on Sunday morning, before burning houses and taking residents hostage during a four-hour siege, witnesses said.

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