Boko Haram kill almost 150 in fresh attacks in the Northeast

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Suspected Boko Haram militants are said to have killed almosr150 people in northeastern Nigerian villages, mowing down men and children while they prayed in mosques and shooting women preparing food at home, witnesses said Thursday.

Dozens of militants stormed three remote villages in the flashpoint Borno state on Wednesday evening, slaughtering residents and setting houses ablaze in the bloodiest day of attacks by the extremist group since President Muhammadu Buhari came to power in May 29.
At least 97 people in Kukawa, the worst-affected village, have bern killed by gunmen.

A fisherman who witnessed the attack corroborated the death toll.

An eyewitness account in Kukawa, Babami Alhaji Kolo, who fled to the state capital Maiduguri, said more than 50 militants had stormed the village.

"The terrorists first descended on Muslim worshippers in various mosques who were observing the Maghrib prayer shortly after breaking their fast," he said.

"They...opened fire on the worshippers who were mostly men and young children.


"They spared nobody. In fact, while some of the terrorists waited and set most of the corpses on fire, others proceeded to houses and shot indiscriminately at women who were preparing food," he said

In two other villages near the town of Monguno, gunmen killed 48 people and injured 11 others.

"They selected particular male residents from among the crowd of worshippers... and opened fire on them before setting the two villages on fire and razing them to the ground," Tahir said.


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