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1st LD: At least 21 killed as Boko Haram renews attack in northern Nigeria: witnesses

Xinhua, February 20, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 21 people were killed Friday as suspected Boko Haram fighters renewed armed attacks on three villages in northeast Nigerian state of Borno, witnesses said.

Members of the terror group stormed the villages near Chibok Town, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted 10 months ago in the southern part of Borno State, shooting sporadically, Dauda Ali, a Chibok resident who witnessed the attack, told Xinhua via telephone.

"Only three villages were attacked but the losses here are humongous. The insurgents fired shots into people's houses, razed people's houses and commercial centers," said Ali, who is a parent of one of the missing schoolgirls.

According to him, more than 10 people were killed in Gatamarwa, one of the villages attacked by Boko Haram. Endi