Boko Haram militants attacked the Nigerian village of Dolori, leaving at least 46 people dead and 35 injured. CNN reports that the attackers shot people with machine guns, set off bombs, and burned several homes. Additionally, three women in suicide vests attempted to detonate themselves among the fleeing refugees, but they were intercepted. This attack is part of an escalating pattern of violence from Boko Haram, which has also sworn allegiance to the Islamic State.
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