Boko Haram members launched a fatal raid on a local village in Borno killing over a dozen people and decapitating many as well.
A recent attack by the deadly Boko Haram insurgent has left about fourteen people dead, with some of them decapitated in a village in Borno State on Friday, December 11.
The attack happened at about 8:00 pm (1900 GMT) on Thursday in the village of Kamuya in near where Nigeria‘s Cheif of Army Staff, Tukur Yusuf Buratai has a home.
The Islamist gunmen were said to have arrived on foot and by bicycles.Hit-and-run attacks were once a trademark of the Islamic State group affiliate but have decreased in recent months in the face of a sustained Nigerian army counter-attack.
The latest raid again underlined the threat posed by the rebels, particularly in hard-to-reach rural areas, despite military claims they are a spent force and in disarray.
Ibrahim Babagana, who lives in Kamuya, said he and other locals fled the attack to the town of Biu, some 30 kilometres (18.5 miles) away, as Boko Haramfighters set fire to the village.
He initially gave a death toll of nine but later told AFP: “This morning (Friday), some of us went back to the village.
“We found 14 dead bodies. Some of them were decapitated and their heads placed on their torso.
“Seven others were shot dead. They have all been buried. The entire village has been razed.”
Mustapha Karimbe, a member of a civilian militia involved in fighting Boko Haram, gave a similar account and said half-a-dozen people were injured.
“The six injured victims are receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Biu,” he added.
Kamuya is the hometown of Buratai’s mother and was previously attacked in a similar raid in July. Nearby Buratai village, 10 kilometres away, was also hit.
Babagana said: “We believe these (latest) attacks are connected with the chief of army staff who has put pressure on Boko Haram since he took over.”