10 Killed as Boko Haram Attacks Borno

Ten people were killed in Kawuri district, Borno State as Gunmen suspected to be Boko haram insurgents attacked the village at about 3am in the morning.

According to a passenger, Madam Hauwa Musa, who was among the early commuters from Mubi town to Maiduguri after the attack in Kawuri villages, some burnt buildings could be seen from the road.

She said: “I was among the passengers that boarded a taxi from Mubi to Maiduguri. In the villages along the main road, we saw some burnt buildings.

“There were security operatives and men of the vigilante youth, popularly called Civilian JTF, in the village. The attackers had fled into the bushes.”

The gunmen were said to have stormed the village at 3a.m., ordered residents to come out from their houses and opened fire on them. They threw explosives and petrol bombs into some private and public structures.

Sadly, the three vigilante youths that were killed attempted to arrest the fleeing gunmen, but were shot dead in a bush near Fori village by the attackers.