B’Haram stríkes again, kills 145 in Borno mosques, homes

Firstclass newsline gathered that the fighters of the dreaded Boko
Haram sect laid a siege to some Borno communities between Tuesday and
Wednesday night and killed 145 persons and injured several others.
Some of the deceased were killed in some mosques where the villagers
had gone to pray after breaking Wednesday's fast.
The attacks occurred in some villages in Monguno and Kukawa local
government areas of the state.
The Tuesday attack was on Musarram village, located 8km away from
Monguno town, in northern part of the troubled state, where 48 males
where picked out by the insurgents and killed, according to a resident
of the village and some fleeing residents.
In the second attack on Wednesday, the insurgents attacked Kukawa, a
border town with Niger Republic and killed 97 persons, according to a
fleeing resident, Abba Modu, who spoke to our correspondent in
Maiduguri.
Another fleeing resident, Idi Isa, said over 48 persons were killed
and 17 others injured when the insurgents attacked Musara, a village
that is few kilometres to Monguno on Tuesday.
Isa, who claimed he escaped death by a whisker, said the well-armed
terrorists numbering about 40 rounded up the villagers, sorted out the
males and opened fire on them.
Isa said, "A total of 48 males died on the spot while 17 others
escaped with serious injuries."
Isa, who spoke on Thursday in Maiduguri, said the image of the killing
was disturbing and he still felt he was still being hunted by the
insurgents.
A member of the House of Representatives representing the area,
Muhammed Tahir Monguno, who spoke to journalists on the telephone in
Maiduguri, confirmed the sad incident.
He said, "I received the sad news yesterday (Wednesday) that Boko
Haram terrorists had attacked some communities near Monguno.
"Since their dislodgment from the Sambisa Forest, many Boko Haram
terrorists had relocated to areas around Monguno where they have been
picking on hapless villagers and killing residents there.
"On Tuesday, the terrorists attacked the twin villages of Mussaram I
and Mussaram II in the night. They went there when the villagers were
resting after the day's fasting and assembled them before opening fire
on them."
In the second attack on the historic Kukawa town on Wednesday, Modu
said suspected Boko Haram terrorists killed about 97 persons.
Modu, a farmer who fled to Maiduguri, said over 50 suspected members
of Boko Haram stormed Kukawa at about 6.30pm.
He said, "The terrorists first descended on Muslim worshippers in
various mosques who were observing theMagribprayers shortly after
breaking their fast."
He said after the attack on the worshippers, they rounded up about
four different communities where they went to their mosques and opened
fire on the worshippers who were mostly men and young children.
Modu said, "They spared nobody and they even took time out to set most
of the corpses on fire.
"They equally proceeded to houses and shot indiscriminately at women
who were preparing food."
One of the bereaved residents of the town, Yusuf Aisami, said the
terrorists killed his aunt.
He said, "They killed my uncle and his children. They killed his
children, about five of them and set his entire house ablaze. I can
tell you that the attackers killed at least 97 persons in the attack."
A member of the vigilante group in the area, Modu Kurawa, said the
attack was on for over four hours.
Kurawa said, "There was no single soldier in Kukawa when the
terrorists came around 6.30pm. The soldiers were in Kuros-Kawwa which
is just 11 kilometres away. The terrorists stole assorted foodstuff
from houses and homes and then set everything ablaze. They left around
11 pm."
There was no immediate comment on the attack from both the military
and the police in Maiduguri.
Firstclassnewsline.net