AhlulBayt News Agency: Security agencies in Nigeria on Tuesday have found bodies of at least 85 farmers who were massacred when Boko Haram salafi terrorists armed with rifles and RPGs attacked Mafa village in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State in the Northeast, near border with Republic of Niger.
Hundreds of people on Tuesday took part in the funeral prayer for the 85 corpses, ledby Yobe State Chief Imam, Sheikh Hud Muhammad Yusuf.
After the funeral prayer and the burial, people continue to visit palace of the first class emir of Jajere, Alhaji Mai Buba ibnu Isa Mashio, for prayers and condolences.
It could be recalled that on Friday, three Shi'a Muslims were martyred and another one seriously wounded after scores of Boko Haram terrorists on motorcycles attacked Fudiyya Islamic school and opened fire on the people who were praying and reciting holy Qur'an in Gaidam Local Government of Yobe State.
Boko Haram terrorists started carrying out terrorist attacks on Nigerian security agents and civilians after their leader, Muhammad Yusuf was killed by police in 2009. The attacks by this terrorist group has caused the death of over 50,000 in different parts of the Western African country while more than 2.5 million have been displaced.
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Hundreds of people on Tuesday took part in the funeral prayer for the 85 corpses, ledby Yobe State Chief Imam, Sheikh Hud Muhammad Yusuf.
After the funeral prayer and the burial, people continue to visit palace of the first class emir of Jajere, Alhaji Mai Buba ibnu Isa Mashio, for prayers and condolences.
It could be recalled that on Friday, three Shi'a Muslims were martyred and another one seriously wounded after scores of Boko Haram terrorists on motorcycles attacked Fudiyya Islamic school and opened fire on the people who were praying and reciting holy Qur'an in Gaidam Local Government of Yobe State.
Boko Haram terrorists started carrying out terrorist attacks on Nigerian security agents and civilians after their leader, Muhammad Yusuf was killed by police in 2009. The attacks by this terrorist group has caused the death of over 50,000 in different parts of the Western African country while more than 2.5 million have been displaced.
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