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title: "Islamist gunmen kill 40 in Nigeria college attack, and other stories – our morning round up"
date: "2013-09-30T10:41:12+01:00"
modified: "2013-09-30T10:41:12+01:00"
url: "https://newhumanist.org.uk/2013/09/30/islamist-gunmen-kill-40-in-nigeria-college-attack-and-other-stories-our-morning-round-up/"
post_id: 5950
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# Islamist gunmen kill 40 in Nigeria college attack, and other stories – our morning round up

[Gunmen kill students as they sleep in Nigerian college](http://uk.reuters.com/article/2013/09/29/uk-nigeria-violence-idUKBRE98S06320130929)

Militants thought to belong to the Islamist organisation Boko Haram killed around 40 male students on Sunday in an attack on an agricultural college in Gujba, north-eastern Nigeria. (Reuters)

[US government on verge of shutdown ](http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/29/us-government-shutdown-house-delay-obamacare)

Political leaders are fighting to avoid a historic federal government shutdown as Republicans in the House of Representatives refuse to pass the budget unless there is a delay to the introduction of healthcare reforms. (Guardian)

[NSPCC demands police inquiry into Christian sect that canes children](http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/twelve-tribes-community-nspcc-demands-police-inquiry-into-christian-sect-that-canes-children-8847622.html)

The children’s charity has asked Devon County Council and Devon and Cornwall Police to investigate the Twelve Tribes Christian community following allegations of child abuse. (Independent)

[Arrests signal Greek crackdown on far-right Golden Dawn](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24314319)

Six politicians and 15 party members, including leader Nikolaos Michaloliakos, were arrested over the weekend as part of a crackdown on the far-right Golden Dawn party following the recent murder of anti-racist musician Pavlos Fyssas.

[Popes to be declared saints in April](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24330204)

Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII will be declared saints on 27 April 2014.