Boko Haram extremists kill 28

Boko Haram extremists killed 28 people during attacks on remote farming and fishing villages in northeast Nigeria, members of a civilian defence group said on Friday. A total of 24 people were killed in an attack Tuesday night in Marfunudi, according to village resident Abubakar Jojo. Witnesses say the extremists also attacked the fishing village of Kafa on Thursday, killing four people. Sadiq Kaka, a member of a defence group, said the four bodies were thrown into a river.