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Schools in Yobe state were ordered to be closed after suspected Boko Haram militants attacked a school dormitory with guns and bombs yesterday, killing 42 people. The military killed 22 Boko Haram militants during a raid in Yobe on July 4. Yobe state authorities asked the military to restore mobile phone service, which has been cut off since mid-May as a means of preventing insurgent communications. The Joint Task Force Commander in Yobe state recently claimed that Boko Haram attacks had been curtailed.