Terrorists killed at least 55 people in northeastern Nigeria while storming a town home to residents who had been returned from a closed camp for internally displaced persons, an NGO worker and civilian militia leader told AFP Saturday.

The Friday night assault came during an attack on the town of Darul Jamal, which hosts a military base on the Nigeria-Cameroon border. A security source told AFP that five soldiers were among the dead, while a militia commander, Babagana Ibrahim, put the number at six.

The attacks began around 9:00 pm Friday in Darul Jamal, a community in Bama district recently resettled after years of displacement, and continued until daybreak. Militants also struck Banki town, killing residents and travellers, according to villagers.

“More than 50 people were killed in

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