Suspected Islamist fighters have killed 10 Christians in an overnight machete and gun attack in Borno state in north-east Nigeria.
Later, gunmen attacked government targets and churches near the border with Cameroon, killing five policemen.
It is not yet clear who was behind the attacks.
But the army suspects the Islamist Boko Haram group, which often targets security forces, government officials or Christians it views as infidels.
Late on Saturday night, residents say a group of men went from house to house in a largely Christian area of the remote village of Chibok, before slitting the throats of 10 people.
“Suspected Boko Haram came at night and set people’s houses on fire before killing their victims,” Nuhu Clark, a former councillor of the village who escaped the attack, told Reuters news agency. He said he counted 10 bodies.
Porous border
On Sunday, residents of Gamboru Ngala near the border with Cameroon said gunmen killed five policemen as they attacked a police station, immigrations and customs offices, as well as at least one church.
A police spokesman said it had been very difficult to obtain information as some of the mobile phone masts had previously been attacked by Boko Haram.
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