The confirmed death toll of 178 in co-ordinated attacks against Nigerian government targets in  on Friday, with police and soldiers amongst the many dead and wounded, is expected to rise. Attacks by  , who seek to create an Islamic state, are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with fears the group aims to provoke a civil war between Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south.
The confirmed death toll of 178 in co-ordinated attacks against Nigerian government targets in Kano on Friday, with police and soldiers amongst the many dead and wounded, is expected to rise. Attacks by Boko Haram , who seek to create an Islamic state, are becoming increasingly sophisticated, with fears the group aims to provoke a civil war between Nigeria's Muslim north and Christian south.
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