Nigerian villagers 'killed in Boko Haram church attack'
Source: BBC
Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of villagers in fresh attacks in Borno state in north-eastern Nigeria, the BBC has learnt.
In one attack, gunmen disguised as soldiers fired on a crowd in a church compound, local MP Peter Biye said.
He said he had warned the army that the area was at risk after troops stationed nearby were withdrawn three months ago.
The latest attacks come as the army denied that several generals had been found guilty of aiding the militants. Nigerian media reported on Tuesday that 10 generals and five other senior military officers had been tried before a court martial for supplying arms and information to the Islamist militant group.
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Boko Haram attacks have increased since a state of emergency was declared in the north-east a year ago.
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About 100 persons were reportedly killed during Tuesday’s attack on three border communities with Cameroon during an insurgency attack. The Tuesday’s attack, it was learnt was a retaliatory one on the three villages of Attagara, Agapalawa and Aganjara in local government area of troubled Borno state.
A resident of Maiduguri, who lost his brother in the attack, told journalists on condition of anonymity that the armed men dressed in military camouflage drove into the three communities of Attagara, Agapalawa and Aganjara in the Gwoza Local Government, northeast Borno State, in military vehicles. They subsequently gathered the unsuspecting villagers and opened fire on them.
Gwoza is located on the southeast of Borno state and about 135 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the capital of the state presently ravaged by Boko Haram insurgency.
The security source said: “The community actually thought the gunmen were military personnel. It didn’t occur to them they were Boko Haram. It was too late by the time they found out as the insurgents have indiscriminately opened fire on them.”
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They are killing civilians every day and the government is apparently unable to stop it.
