Over dozens of people killed in Borno Villages
30 more killed in Borno Villages
Boko Haram
No
fewer than 30 people were killed on Thursday in separate attacks by
Boko Haram insurgents on three villages in Marte Local Government Area
of Borno State.
The latest attack brings the number of persons killed by the terrorists in the last five days across the troubled state to 98.
Most of the dead were killed during attacks on isolated villages.
Kirenowa town was the first to be
attacked by the extremists. About 20 persons were killed during the
attack that lasted nearly five hours.
Residents said scores of armed
insurgents stormed the area around noon, shooting everyone at sight and
setting houses, shops and vehicles ablaze.
“The militants, armed with sophisticated
weapons, raided the area and proceeded to the major market and began
sporadic shootings into the crowd, killing 20 people on the spot and
burning most of the houses and shops in the town,” Mallam Goni Bukar, a
resident said.
He told journalists on the telephone
that the residents were taken unawares because they had not come under
such an attack in a long time.
Bukar said, “Throughout the onslaught
that lasted for over five hours, there was no single security operative
to confront the attackers. The attackers snatched several vehicles and
loaded them with bags of food before they fled.”
A traditional ruler in the community,
who did not want his name mentioned, confirmed the incident, adding that
over 60 houses were burnt.
He decried the absence of security
operatives in the area, claiming they had alerted relevant authorities
on the need to deploy troops to safeguard the community to no avail.
“Immediately after the Gamboru Ngala
attack where over 300 people were killed, we urged the security agents
to deploy their personnel but our appeal fell on deaf ears,” Bukar said.
0 comments: