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Suspected Boko Haram members killed 13 people in Maiduguri yesterday; witnesses said the attackers had hid their weapons in a coffin. Eight of the attackers were killed. The previous day, security forces killed eight Boko Haram members in a gunfight in Maiduguri. On June 4, the Nigerian government formally banned the Islamist terror groups Boko Haram and Ansaru. The ban came a day after the US offered a $7 million reward for Boko Haram emir Abubakar Shekau.