Gunmen free inmates from prison

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Yola, Nigeria - Officials say gunmen attacked a remote town in Nigeria's north-east, killing 25 people and freeing 120 inmates.

Adamawa State's head of prisons, Andrew Barka, said on Sunday that 120 inmates were freed in the Friday night raid in Ganye, near the border with Cameroon.

Police spokesperson Mohammed Ibrahim said 25 people were killed after the assailants also attacked a bank and a drinking spot.

The attacks come a week after men claiming to be members of the radical Boko Haram Islamist network said in an unverified video that they would not free a kidnapped French family unless Nigeria and Cameroon freed all the group's members from their jails. - Sapa-AP



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