Some 200 heavily armed Boko Haram militants launched coordinated attacks in the town of Bama in Borno state, killing 22 policemen, 14 prison officials, two soldiers, and four civilians, and freeing more than 100 prison inmates. Arriving in buses and pickup trucks and dressed in army uniforms, the militants attacked an army barracks and a police station and then raided the town prison; 13 militants were killed in the operation. Suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on a market and a church yesterday in Adamawa state, killing 10 people and injuring nine more, then fled across the border to Cameroon. Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has shown no interest in a recent amnesty proposal.
