Six worshippers were today killed by a suicide bomber in Potiskum, Yobe State.
According to reports from Red Cross Officials, “People were just going to the church when the bomber entered, otherwise the casualty figure would have been higher.”
A hospital in Potiskum said it had received the bodies.
Suspected Islamist militant gunmen and bombers killed more than 200 people last week in a spate of bloodletting that prompted renewed outrage and calls for an international meeting to coordinate the offensive against Boko Haram.
French President Francois Hollande said the Boko Haram threat was getting stronger and that he was ready to hold a summit, following one in Paris in May 2014, to gather the leaders of countries fighting the insurgents.
President Muhammadu Buhari is due to visit his counterpart in Cameroon after the Muslim holy month of Ramadan and meets U.S. President Barack Obama on July 20, when the fight against Boko Haram is likely to be high on the agenda.
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