In Potiskum -Yobe State, assailants believed to be members of the Islamic Sect-Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria killed three South Korean doctors, beheading one of the physicians, in the latest attack on health workers in a Nigeria. this comes after gunmen killed at least nine women administering polio vaccines in Kano, the major city of Nigeria’s predominantly Muslim north and Nassarawa State.
The attackers apparently struck at the South Korean doctors inside their home, an official at General Hospital in Potiskum, a government-run health facility, told The Associated Press. The South Korean doctors had no security guards at their residence and typically travelled around the city via three-wheel taxis without a police escort, said the official who insisted upon anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to journalists. By the time soldiers arrived at the house, they found the corpses of the men, all bearing what appeared to be machete wounds.
Yobe state police commissioner Sanusi Rufai confirmed the attack took place and said officers had begun an investigation. Rufai said officers had made some arrests after the killings, though police in Nigeria routinely round up those living around the site of a crime, whether or not there is any evidence suggesting their complicity.
The killings of the doctors come after the attack Friday on polio vaccinators in Kano and Nasarawa. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks.
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