article_snippet: On Saturday, residents in the northeastern state of Gombe said at least 11 people were killed and two more injured in attacks at polling stations, apparently by Boko Haram extremists.
article_snippet: In other attacks not believed to be related to voting, suspected Boko Haram militants decapitated 23 people in a raid Saturday night on Buratai village in northeast northern Nigeria's Borno state, according to residents and Ibrahim Adamu, a local politician in Buratai village.
article_snippet: Meanwhile on Monday, northern Nigeria's police force issued a statement saying police and a "local vigilante group" had foiled an attack by unknown gunmen on the town of Tafawa Balewa in northeastern Bauchi state.
article_snippet: The assailants had "stormed Tafawa Balewa town in a convoy of 18 Hilux vehicles and started firing sporadically," the statement said.
article_snippet: After being forced to retreat and abandon four vehicles equipped with anti-aircraft machine guns, the attackers went to Jitar village, where the attackers killed three "male vigilante members," police said.
article_snippet: Security forces had cordoned off the surrounding area, Security forces said.