About 50 armed men stormed the village on
Tuesday.

At least 44 persons were killed Tuesday in a village
near Baga Village of Kukawa Local Government Area
of Borno State, emergency health workers said.

Baga was the scene of an April attack that led to the
death of about 200 people, mostly civilians, with
many of them believed to have been killed when
soldiers allegedly set hundreds of houses on fire in
retaliation at the killing of soldiers by suspected Boko
Haram members.

An official of the National Emergency Management
Agency, NEMA, said officials of the agency counted at
least 44 corpses in Tuesday’s attack by suspected
members of the Boko Haram.

Residents told aide workers who visited the troubled
area that about 50 armed men stormed their village
and embarked on a killing spree using knives.

“Those who did not die were left with their eyes
gorged out with knives, and several others seriously
injured,” said the NEMA official, who doesn’t want to
be quoted as he was not authorized to speak to the
press yet.

“Many people were displaced because the Boko
Haram set their houses ablaze, though we cannot say
how many. We are going to Baga village on Saturday
to set up camps for the displaced,” the official added.

“As I am speaking to you now, Red cross officials and
the Medicine Sans Frontier are attending to the
injured victims. The village has been deserted and
the people are now taking refuge at the Baga central
primary school.”

Journalists have been unable to confirm the incident
since Wednesday due to lack of communication
networks, which has been grounded in the state in
the last three months.
The spokesman of the Joint Task Force, JTF, Sagir
Musa, could also not be contacted.

The Media Coordinator of the Multi National Joint
Task Force, MNJTF, in Baga, Haruna Sani, told
journalists in response to an email sent to him
seeking confirmation of the incident that he had no
knowledge of the attack, as he was away from his
base.

“I am right now in Adamawa State for an assignment
and due to the network problem, I have difficulty in
reaching my Headquarters. I suggest you find out
from Defense Headquarters, may be they are in the
picture of the incidence. Thanks for your effort,” he
said.

But a security source, who doesn’t want to be
quoted, as he is not allowed to speak to press,
confirmed the incident to PREMIUM TIMES.
“There was an attack on Tuesday in Baga that I am
aware of but I have no detailed information on it
because this is not under the purview of the JTF; it is
the MNJTF that can speak on that,” the source said.

The Boko Haram has embarked on attacking softer
targets outside Maiduguri after the vigilante
(Civilian-JTF) joined forces with the JTF to apprehend
them. The JTF recently announced the death of top
leaders of the sect including that of its overall leader,
Abubakar Shekau, who is believed to have died from
gunshot wounds.

The terrorist are believed to use knives as gunshots
often attract Civilian-JTF or soldiers to the scene.
Many of such attacks on isolated villages and
hamlets are reported by victims and residents, but
verification has been difficult due to the state of
emergency and network shutdown in the state; while
security operatives often do not confirm the attacks.




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Go and sleep @op and stop spreading rumours. There was nothing like any massacre here in the north and network has been restored in yola, Adamawa state for over a month so get your facts and stop the useless propaganda.
Thanks to mr President the north has been relatively peaceful.

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