Security forces engaged Saturday in deadly clashes with Boko Haram gunmen in northeast Nigeria, which urged hundreds of people to flee their homes.

Security forces engaged Saturday in deadly clashes with Boko Haram gunmen in northeast Nigeria, which urged hundreds of people to flee their homes.

One policeman and a civilian were killed when the gunmen robbed three banks, which ignited the clashes.

This comes amid growing fears of widespread religious violence in Africa's most populous nation.

On Friday night, 10 people were gunned down in a church in Yola.