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1st LD: 20 killed as Boko Haram fighters invade village in NE Nigeria: survivors

Xinhua, June 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

Twenty villagers were killed when suspected Boko Haram fighters stormed a remote village in Nigeria's northeastern state of Borno on Monday, shooting sporadically and razing houses, survivors said Tuesday.

Throats of some local residents were grisly slit by the attackers, said Habib Yakubu, a survivor of the incident at Debiro Village located in Hawul local district of the restive Borno State.

He said women and children were killed in the attack, as the rampaging gunmen, who stormed the village in motorcycles and vans, shot indiscriminately at anyone in sight.

Most of the villagers, who fled for safety, found refuge in the neighboring Kworjafa Village, located some 250 km to Maiduguri, capital of the northern Borno State. Endi