Gunmen suspected to be members of the outlawed Boko Haram sect, Tuesday night, attacked Konduga, a village 35km from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
At least 39 persons were killed in the attack while several others were injured, residents and government officials said.
They said hundreds of houses were also burnt.
The attackers, who invaded the quiet agrarian town at about 6 p.m. on Tuesday, did not leave until four hours later, after they had burnt down hundreds of homes, schools, clinics and the central mosque using bombs and sophisticated arms.
A grocery seller in the village, Mustapha Umar, who spoke to journalists, said the insurgents that attacked them were over 400.
“They are very plenty, at least 400 of them because anywhere you turn to, you see them in tens moving and shooting”, he said. “We had to flee for our dear lives; even the few soldiers in town could not stand them because their guns were mounted on vehicles while some threw explosives that brought down the Central mosque, the maternity clinic, the district head’s palace and several other places.”
The petty trader said, “More than 50 people were injured and taken to the hospital, while we are now preparing to bury 39 of our people that died. We don’t know how much would be found in the bushes later”.
This is becoming a deadly plaque that must be halted.
These guys re nutz!!!!!!!
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