Nigeria's Potiskum cattle market raid '34 killed in Yobe'

Witnesses say they saw several bodies being removed after the market in Potiskum, Yobe state, was set on fire by gunmen armed with explosives.
A hospital source told the AFP news agency that up to 34 people had died.
Police say the attack may be in revenge for the killing by traders of a man who had earlier tried to steal cattle.
'Threw explosives' "A group of gunmen armed with around 20 explosives and assault rifles attacked the Potiskum cattle market," police spokesman Toyin Gbadegesin told AFP.

In Yobe Nigeria: Gunmen kill three traders

Gunmen have shot dead three people in restive Yobe State in the latest deadly attacks to hit the region, police said on Tuesday.

The incident happened late Monday in the Dogon-Zare area of Potiskum, the commercial centre of the state.

The assailants stormed the residence of the three men who were believed to be Christian traders from southern Nigeria. Residents said they had lived in Potiskum for many years.