At least 87 people have been killed in an attack by Boko Haram militants in Nigeria's north-eastern Borno state, according to local officials.
Disguised in military uniforms, the militants set up checkpoints outside the town of Benisheik and shot dead those trying to flee, witnesses said.
They also razed dozens of buildings in Tuesday's attack.
Boko Haram, which wants to create an Islamic state across Nigeria, has waged a deadly insurgency since 2009.
Then later this was updated on Al Jazeera:
slamist Boko Haram militants killed 159 people in two roadside attacks in northeast Nigeria this week, officials said, far more than was originally reported and a sign that a four-month-old army offensive has yet to stabilize the region.In the first attack, on Tuesday, Boko Haram guerrillas wearing army uniforms stopped traffic on a highway between the cities of Maiduguri and Damaturu, dragging people out of their vehicles and killing them, with 143 bodies recovered so far.
Violence in northeast Nigeria has intensified over the past two months, as the armed group fights back against a military operation that President Goodluck Jonathan ordered in May to try to crush their four-year-old rebellion.
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