The
fighters of the dreaded Boko Haram sect laid a siege to some Borno communities
between Tuesday and Wednesday night and killed 145 persons and injured several
others.
Some
of the deceased were killed in some mosques where the villagers had gone to
pray after breaking Wednesday’s fast.
The
attacks occurred in some villages in Monguno and Kukawa local government areas
of the state.
The
Tuesday attack was on Musarram village, located 8km away from Monguno town, in
northern part of the troubled state, where 48 males where picked out by the
insurgents and killed, according to a resident of the village and some fleeing
residents.
In
the second attack on Wednesday, the insurgents attacked Kukawa, a border town
with Niger Republic and killed 97 persons, according to a fleeing resident,
Abba Modu, who spoke to our correspondent in Maiduguri.
Another
fleeing resident, Idi Isa, said over 48 persons were killed and 17 others
injured when the insurgents attacked Musara, a village that is few kilometres
to Monguno on Tuesday.
Isa,
who claimed he escaped death by a whisker, said the well-armed terrorists
numbering about 40 rounded up the villagers, sorted out the males and opened
fire on them.
Isa
said, “A total of 48 males died on the spot while 17 others escaped with
serious injuries.”
Isa,
who spoke on Thursday in Maiduguri, said the image of the killing was
disturbing and he still felt he was still being hunted by the insurgents.
A
member of the House of Representatives representing the area, Muhammed Tahir
Monguno, who spoke to journalists on the telephone in Maiduguri, confirmed the
sad incident.
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