Boko Haram militants in Jigawa state killed seven police officers and a civilian in an attack targeting a police station, a court, and a bank in Gwaram. The militants, said to number about 20, bombed the buildings and then opened fire. Suspected Boko Haram militants fired at a crowd watching a soccer match in Potiskum in Yobe state, killing two people. A man who witnessed a suspected Boko Haram jailbreak in Abuja on March 30 and tweeted photos he had taken of the incident has been arrested and held incommunicado.
