News In Brief

Boko Haram in new raid on town in Nigeria
AFP, Kano
Boko Haram fighters briefly overran a town in northeast Nigeria in a raid to loot food supplies, military and civilian militia sources said on Sunday, in the latest attack in the restive region.
The attack happened on Saturday evening when a large number of jihadists stormed Magumeri, some 50 kilometres (30 miles) north of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri.
The town and surrounding area have been attacked before by fighters loyal to the Islamic State-group supported factional leader of Boko Haram, Abu Mus’ab al-Barnawi.

Senegal lifts immunity of jailed mayor
AFP, Dakar
Senegal’s national assembly has lifted the parliamentary immunity of Dakar mayor Khalifa Sall, a leading opponent of President Macky Sall, opening the way for his trial on graft charges.
The mayor has been in pre-trial detention since March on what his supporters say are politically-motivated charges.
After a raucous debate, the deputies late on Saturday voted by 125 to 27 to back a report by a parliamentary commission calling for Sall’s immunity to be lifted.

2 killed in China’s city blast
AFP, Shanghai
A major explosion hit China’s megaport city of Ningbo on Sunday, killing at least two people, injuring dozens and destroying buildings and cars, state media and local authorities said.
The Ningbo government said on a social media account that the blast occurred in a “vacant lot” but it did not provide details about what may have caused it.

Children shot, one killed in Cleveland
Good Morning America
A 12-year-old boy was killed and five teens wounded when gunfire erupted on a Cleveland street Friday night, police said.
According to the Cleveland Police Department, five boys-ages 14 and 16 — were standing near a liquor store on Buckeye Road when they say three to four men pulled out handguns and started firing at them.
The liquor store owner and his 12-year-old son went outside to see what was happening. When they went back inside, the 40-year-old man then realized that his son had been shot in the torso. The boy died from the gunshot wound, police said.