At least eight people were killed
outside a church in a suspected Boko
Haram attack carried out by gunmen
on bicycles in northeast Nigeria, local
residents said on Monday.
The attack happened shortly after
morning service on Sunday in
Kwamjilari village, about 30 kilometres
(19 miles) east of the town of Chibok,
in Borno state.
“Some of the worshippers remained
around the church and the gunmen
opened fire and eight men died,” said
Luka Damina, from nearby Kautikeri
village, where locals fled.
Boko Haram
“Unknown to the residents, the
gunmen had stationed some of their
comrades on the road leading out of
the village and they shot anyone who
tried to flee.
“Many people ran into the bush with
gunshot wounds. But so far we can
only confirm eight deaths.”
The attackers set fire to homes and
fields of maize that were almost ready
for harvest, according to a local chief
in Kautikeri, who also said eight
people were killed.
The chief said soldiers were later
deployed to Kwamjilari from Chibok
— the scene of a notorious
kidnapping in 2014 when more than
200 schoolgirls were seized.
A similar attack in the area last month
left 10 people dead and saw 13 others
kidnapped, while homes were looted
and set on fire.
Both raids bear the hallmarks of Boko
Haram Islamists, who have frequently
attacked villages, churches and
mosques across northeast Nigeria and
beyond since 2009.
Nigeria’s military maintains it now has
the upper hand against the
insurgents in a conflict that has left at
least 20,000 dead and made more
than 2.6 million people homeless.
But such sporadic attacks underline
the continuing difficulty in securing
remote rural areas.


http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/09/breaking-boko-haram-strike-leaves-eight-dead/


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vanguard to believe you guys now de hard mee.

Mehn, when will Nigeria really win the war against insurgents..... Enough of all this lieing

Religion of Pieces! Anyway one of their brothers is here among the Ogas, so this thread will not even smell front page.