Nigeria: 150 Nigerians dead in a new Boko Haram’s massacre
Gunmen from Boko Haram shot villagers while others drowned trying to escape the notorious terrorists as they assaulted their homes in northeastern Nigeria. The attack left 150 Kukuwa-Gari villagers in Yobe state dead in the attack.
The scores of militants who arrived on motorcycles or by car “opened fire instantly, which forced residents to flee. They shot a number of people”, Modu Balumi, a resident of Kukuwa-Gari, told AFP.
Many residents, who tried to flee, plunged into the river which is full from the rain, and drowned, Reuters reported.
The latest tally, Balumi said, showed a total of 150 people either shot dead or drowned in the attack. “The gunmen deliberately killed a fisherman who tried to save drowning residents of the village.”