Boko Harm kills pastor

Police say sect members have gunned down a pastor and church official in Nigeria's restive northeast. Borno state police chief Mohammed Abubakar said Thursday that assailants killed Rev. David Usman and the

assistant secretary at the Church of Christ in Nigeria Tuesday in the city of Maiduguri.

The police blame a radical Muslim sect locally known as Boko Haram for the attack. They believe the gunmen also participated in blasts and attacks hours earlier that left at least ten people dead.

Boko Haram is responsible for a rash of killings which have targeted security officers, politicians and clerics, both Muslim and Christian, in the area over the last year.

Nigeria's president told journalists at the U.N. headquarters Wednesday he would consider negotiating with the group to restore peace.