Attackers kill nine construction workers in Maiduguri

Attackers slit the throats of at least nine construction workers on Monday in Maiduguri, the army said. No one claimed responsibility for the attack and the army did not say who was to blame.

Soldiers found the nine bodies in a construction workers’ compound in the city’s Bolori area at around 7 a.m., military spokesman Sagir Musa said. A nurse at a local hospital told Reuters ten bodies were brought in on Monday morning. (Reuters)