Boko Haram militants have killed 30 people and injured 20 in attacks on three villages in northeast Nigeria, citing a local who is helping out the national army. The terrorist reportedly used machetes to “slaughter” their victims.
“Most of the victims were slaughtered and most of the wounded [had suffered] machete cuts,” said Mustapha Karimbe, a civilian who has been helping the Nigerian military fight Boko Haram.
The attacks on the three villages – Warwara, Mangari and Bura-Shika – happened on Saturday. All of the villages are located in the state of Borno, near Buratai.
Details of the attack are coming to light only now, as communication posts had been damaged in previous Boko Haram attacks.
Most of the victims, a total of 20, were killed in Warwara village, another six were murdered in Bura-Shika, and four died in Mangari, according to another witness.
The Nigeria-based Boko Haram terrorist group has killed more people than ISIS, claiming 6,644 lives compared to 6,073 killed by IS, revealed the Global Terrorism Index recently published by the Institute for Economic and Peace (IEP). The Nigerian terrorists pledged allegiance to ISIS in March 2015.
This latest attack comes as Boko Haram fighters have intensified their attacks on Buratai and nearby settlements. Attackers usually come into a village, raid it, and burn it down.
Last week Boko Haram brutally killed 14 people in the village of Kamuya.
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source : Agencies
Wednesday
16 December 2015
3:59:09 PM
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Boko Haram militants have killed 30 people and injured 20 in attacks on three villages in northeast Nigeria, citing a local who is helping out the national army. The terrorist reportedly used machetes to “slaughter” their victims.