TVC NEWS [MAIDUGURI]--The unrepentant militant Boko Haram opened fire on a church service in a remote village in northeastern Nigeria, killing nine people as worshippers fled into the bush, police and a witness said on Monday.
A member of the congregation who escaped unhurt said people jumped through windows to escape Sunday's attack in Attangara in the Gwoza hills.
"As we were holding the service, we started hearing gunshots and everybody fled," Matha Yohana told newsmen.
"More than 10 of them (the gunmen) were riding motorcycles and one car," she said, adding some local people had pursued the attackers, killing four of them and capturing three. A police source said nine people were killed in the assault on the church.
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