government claims of a
ceasefire and peace talks.
nurse at the Potiskum
General Hospital, who asked
not to be identified because
he was not authorised to
speak to the media.
In Potiskum, 16 men who
were arrested after morning
prayers on were found dead
in a morgue with bullet
wounds just hours later,
community leaders and
hospital staff told AFP.
The bodies had been brought
in by soldiers and were
formally identified by
community leaders, he told
AFP.
Locals in the Dogo Tebo area
of the city believed the men
were picked up and killed
because all of them were
from the Kanuri ethnic group
that forms the bulk of Boko
Haram's membership.
On Monday, at least 15
people were killed and some
50 others were injured in a
suicide bombing targeting a
major Shia Muslim festival in
Potiskum, which is Yobe
state's commercial capital.
"All the bodies have gunshot
wounds on them," said a
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