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Gunmen killed eight people in a raid on a village in northeastern
Nigeria, a local resident and a vigilante said Thursday, in the
latest violence blamed on Boko Haram.
The attack in Borno state Wednesday was unleashed
the same day as twin suicide bombings in Cameroon and a
series of blasts at two bus stations in Nigeria that left at
least 50 dead.
“The gunmen we believe to be from Boko Haram came
into our village around 9 pm yesterday (Wednesday) and
shot dead eight people,” said Umar Goni, a resident of
Pompomari village.
The militants stormed the home of the village chief who
was away at the time but killed his son before moving on
to other houses where they killed a vigilante and people
who had been displaced by previous attacks, Goni said.
The toll was confirmed by Yuram Bura, a member of a
vigilante group which assists the military in fighting the
Islamists.
Pompomari is about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from Biu,
the biggest town in southern Borno, the state which has
borne the brunt of the Boko Haram insurgency.
Buhari took office in May vowing to crush the
insurgency but since then more than 750 people have been
killed, according to an AFP count.
The bloodshed came after Boko Haram released a new
video on Twitter, maintaining they were not defeated and
vowing: “We will be coming from where you never
expected, stronger than before.”
Nigeria’s new President Muhammadu Buhari, on a visit
to Washington, lashed out Wednesday at US policy in
his country, saying an arms ban was hampering the fight
against the Islamist militants.
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