Boko Haram kills 10 in fresh Borno attack
The Boko Haram jihadists in a fresh attack on three villages in Borno State have killed 10 civilians.
Security officials had told pressmen that the assault was carried out on Sunday night while victims were asleep.
According to Babakura Kolo, the leader of a government-backed anti-jihadist militia, the insurgents raided the village of Kurmari, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from regional capital Maiduguri, late Sunday, killing four residents as they slept.
Ibrahim Liman, another militia member said the terrorists did not use guns so as not to attract troops in a nearby town.
Another source said that same jihadists had also on Sunday, burned three people alive and hacked a fourth to death in another village on the outskirts of Maiduguri.
Meanwhile, Obinwannem news gathered that two farmers were also killed as they tended their fields and several others abducted close to the city.
Nwada Ugochinyere Onyechere reporting, Obinwannem News
