Local media reported that the extremists claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it was in reprisal for villagers informing security operatives about their activities
when suspected Boko Haram Islamic extremists opened fire on a market, on worshippers and in people’s homes, residents said Wednesday, the latest killings in Africa’s longest struggle with militancy.
At least 1,500 people have so far been killed in the region this year in attacks by armed groups, according to the U.S.-based Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, or ACLED. . A number of Boko Haram members were killed as a result of the information passed on by villagers, the militants were quoted as saying.
Attack Region Villagers Villager Haram Boko State Yobe Borno Boko Haram
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