At least 140 people have been killed in two separate attacks by Boko Haram terrorists just outside of Maiduguri, the capital of Borno State, security sources have told SaharaReporters. According to one source, the first Boko Haram attack targeted the remote village of Musara, located in the Monguno Local Government Area (LGA), which had recently been liberated by the Nigerian military. Monguno is located about 148 kilometers from Maiduguri. Boko Haram “rode [in] dozens of vehicles and stormed Musara [during] the night at about 8pm. More than 47 people in Musara village near Monguno were killed, '' Tijjani Baba Isa told our SaharaReporters correspondent. A lawmaker who represents Monguno at the Federal House of Representatives, the Hon. Mohammed, also confirmed the attack in a telephone interview from Maiduguri. "Boko Haram has attacked our people again. The reports I got show that 48 people were killed," he said. The second attack targeted Kukawa town, also in Borno State, where at least 100 people were murdered according to local residents. “They shot indiscriminately at the worshipers'' at the local mosque, according to a resident. "Boko Haram later set the houses of many people on fire. One of our colleagues who escaped the attack said they've recovered 97 dead bodies, some of them burnt beyond recognition,” he told our SaharaReporters correspondent. Source URL |
