location: Kala Balge
notes: Islamic militants seeking to install a Taliban-style regime in northeastern Nigeria attacked a police convoy, killing three officers and abducting a dozen. Militants attacked a convoy on Friday carrying 60 policemen as the motorcade struggled in deep mud at Kala-Balge, a village some 125 miles northeast of the regional capital, Maiduguri.
target_text: location: Kala Balge, fatalities: 3