INTRO: Scores of people have been killed in a heavily armed assault by Boko Haram extremists on the city of Maiduguri in Nigeria. Residents described how the Islamic extremists attacked the city from four different fronts overnight. The United Nations has supported the deployment of an African Union force to fight the growing terrorist threat in West Africa. Gary Alfonso reports ...
IN: Cannon and rocket fire ...
OUT: Alfonso, Abuja.
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