Boko Haram kills 100 in Borno

MAIDUGURI — Suspected Boko Haram militants, Wednesday night, killed no fewer than 100 people in attacks on homes and mosques in Kukawa village, Borno State, according witnesses.

A resident of the village who gave his name as Kolo told  AFP that “the attackers have killed at least 97 people,”as he had counted the bodies.

A fisherman, who witnessed the attack corroborated the death toll, saying: “They wiped out the immediate family of my uncle, they killed his children, about five of them, and set his house ablaze.”

Another witness called Babami Alhaji Kolo who fled to Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State where the attack took place, said more than 50 militants stormed the village early Wednesday evening.

He said: “The terrorists first descended on Muslim worshippers in various mosques who were observing the Maghrib prayer shortly after breaking their fast. 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.”

Meanwhile, death toll in Boko Haram attacks on Monguno villages during the one day official visit of the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo to the state has risen from 10 to 46 as a result of severe gunshot wounds sustained by victims who could not be conveyed to hospitals for treatment.

Culled from Vanguard