The attacked occurred along the Cameroon area of Borno state, the heart of an insurgency by Boko Haram militants fighting for an Islamic state in religiously mixed Nigeria. (Reporting by Lanre Ola; Writing by Tim Cocks (http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=tim.cocks&), Editing by Angus MacSwan)
Source: Reuters.com