BOKO HARAM~37 killed in borno

Firstclass newsline learnt that the fighters of Boko Haram sect have
killed 37 people in separate attacks on six villages in Borno State, a
youth vigilante told journalists in Maiduguri on Thursday.
He revealed that the notorious group drove in a convoy of Sport
Utility Vehicles to Koshifa, Matangle, Buraltuma, Darmanti, Almeri and
Burmari villages – all in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State,
on Wednesday night.
He said the insurgents opened fire indiscriminately on the villagers
and burnt down houses.
A top member of the youth vigilante group in Biu, a neighbouring local
government to Damboa, who also spoke on the condition of anonymity,
said some of the villagers who fled from the villages under attack,
narrated their horrible experiences to vigilante in Biu.
He said those that escaped were mostly women, who said the insurgents
killed their husbands and burnt down their houses.
The women were afraid that the insurgents might come back to finish
off the villages and they had to flee.
He said, "At least, 37 persons were killed in coordinated attacks on
the six villages and they were mostly men and youths and their homes
razed down completely.
"The women said many people were still missing but they believed that
they will still come to Damboa or Biu town so that they can reunite
with their families. I must say Boko Haram has almost wiped out
everybody. ''
A police officer, who did not want to be quoted, confirmed the attacks
but could not state the exact figures of the victims.
He told a source in Maiduguri on Thursday that, "We are aware of
yesterday's (Wednesday's) raids on the villages in Damboa Local
Government, many of them were killed and some weapons were recovered
by the troops.
Firstclassnewsline.net