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Three suspected Boko Haram gunmen who reportedly stormed a mosque in Maiduguri with the intention of killing the imam were themselves killed by angry members of the congregation; security forces claimed Boko Haram was not involved. Local residents in southern Kaduna state killed five gunmen from a militant group who were attacking a village. Protests were held across Nigeria yesterday against a proposal by an Islamist politician to allow marriage to youth under the age of 18.