Three N. Korean doctors slain in northeastern Nigeria
- Published: 10 Feb 2013 at 16.44
- Online news: Asia
Men armed with knives slit the throats of three North Korean doctors in a pre-dawn attack Sunday in a volatile town in northeastern Nigeria in the latest in a spate of such killings in recent months, police said.
Children peep througth the iron bars on the window of dispensary, the scene of a violent attack, on February 8, 2013 in the northern Nigerian city of Kano. Men armed with knives slit the throats of three North Korean doctors in a pre-dawn attack Sunday in a volatile town in northeastern Nigeria in the latest in a spate of such killings in recent months, police said.
The attack in Potiskum also came just two days after gunmen killed at least 10 people in horrifying attacks on two Nigerian polio clinics in a new blow to the campaign to wipe out the disease, but it was not clear if the incidents were related.
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