Suspected Boko Haram militants kill 20 in northeast Nigeria attacks
Suspected Boko
Haram militants riding motorbikes stormed two villages in
northeast Nigeria, killing at least 20 people, a local official
said on Wednesday.
The assaults are part of a surge by Boko Haram and its
Islamic State splinter ISWAP, who have stepped up deadly attacks
on military bases and villages in Nigeria's insurgency-hit
northeast.
The gunmen raided the villages of Pubagu and Mayo-Ladde in
the states of Borno and neighbouring Adamawa, respectively, on
Tuesday afternoon after overwhelming local vigilantes, said Mada
Saidu, chairman of Askira-Uba district, where one of the attacks
occurred.
At least 11 people were killed in Pubagu and nine in
Mayo-Ladde. Homes and shops were torched and food supplies
looted, Saidu said.
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