At least 45 people have been killed in a Boko
Haram reprisal attack on Azaya Kura village in
Borno State, Nigeria’s north-eastern region.
Reports say that the Boko Haram members
stormed the village to avenge four of their
members who had wandered into the market but
were identified and killed by soldiers in a gun
fight.
They were said to have driven into the village in
trucks at about 12 noon and started attacking the
residents, carting away foodstuff, wares and
livestock in the process.
Chairman of Mafa Local Government, Shettima
Lawan, who confirmed the incident, said that the
residents of the attacked village had told him that
over 50 motorcycles and four cars were burnt by
the insurgents, while four were driven away.
He also disclosed that the victims have been
buried.
Mafa district and Azaya Kura are located in an
area near the Nigerian border with Cameroon,
about 40 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the
Borno State capital.
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