Suspected Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of civilians in three villages in Borno state Tuesday according to residents.
?Gunmen in combat uniforms rode army trucks on Tuesday through Borno state’s Gwoza area, the main stronghold of the Boko Haram militant group, firing on villagers and burning houses and churches to the ground, the security source said.
Andrew Tada, a Gwoza man living living in Borno’s capital Maiduguri, said he lost two cousins in the attack. He said residents had told him they were preparing to bury 45 people from one village alone.
“It is very sad and the villages are deserted now,” he said. “We are just asking government to give us security to go there tomorrow to evacuate the corpses for burial.”
a source said it was a religious war between the communities.
Meanwhile, Cameroon?s state radio reported that the country?s military has killed at least 60 Boko Haram members who crossed over from Nigeria seeking refuge.
According to the national radio, the heavily-armed militants, reportedly killed in the village of Dabanga in far Northern Cameroon, crossed over from Borno State. They were then ambushed by Cameroonian soldiers, the report said.
Source PSN
