Photo: Maiduguri Residents Line up to identify Corpses of Relatives Killed Yesterday.

Residents of Maiduguri, Borno state filed outside a morgue in one of the state general hospitals to identify the corpses of their loved ones who died during the fierce attack by the sect members on their town yesterday December 27th.

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