Two BoKo Haram kill 30
ABUJA: Two attacks by BoKo Haram gunmen killed 30 people near Chibok, the northeast Nigerian town where the IsIamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said yesterday.
The first attack on Monday afternoon killed 10 in the village of Shawa, some 7km from Chibok, a number of residents said on condition of anonymity.
Gunmen than stormed the nearby villge of Alagaeno late homes and fired on fleeing civilians.
''It was a sudden attack,'' said resident Haruna Bitrus, in an account supported by other locals.
''They began shooting and set fire to our homes. We had to flee to the bush. They killed 20 of our people,'' he added.
Many of those who fled the Alagarno attack ran to Chibok, where BoKoHaram seized 276 schoolgirls on April 14. The military saidit had depolyed heavily to the area to find the 223 girls who remain in captivity.
Mr Bitrus said that despite claims of a military build-up in the area, troops had not responded to the latest attack, AFP
Two BoKo Haram kill 30
ABUJA: Two attacks by BoKo Haram gunmen killed 30 people near Chibok, the northeast Nigerian town where the IsIamists kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls last month, witnesses said yesterday.
The first attack on Monday afternoon killed 10 in the village of Shawa, some 7km from Chibok, a number of residents said on condition of anonymity.
Gunmen than stormed the nearby villge of Alagaeno late homes and fired on fleeing civilians.
''It was a sudden attack,'' said resident Haruna Bitrus, in an account supported by other locals.
''They began shooting and set fire to our homes. We had to flee to the bush. They killed 20 of our people,'' he added.
Many of those who fled the Alagarno attack ran to Chibok, where BoKoHaram seized 276 schoolgirls on April 14. The military saidit had depolyed heavily to the area to find the 223 girls who remain in captivity.
Mr Bitrus said that despite claims of a military build-up in the area, troops had not responded to the latest attack, AFP
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