Boko Haram insurgents have murdered 48 Muslim worshippers in Kukawa village, in Borno.
The mass-killing took place on Wednesday, July 2, shortly after 100 people in the same region suffered a similar attack.
A local lawmaker Mohammed Tahir, who confirmed the attack, said: “The Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 men and injured 11 others in the attack.”
“The attackers have killed at least 97 people,” says Kolo, a local from Kukawa, who claimed he had counted the bodies.
Kolo told AFP that: “They wiped out the immediate family of my uncle. They killed his children, about five of them, and set his entire house ablaze.”
Another witness, Babami Alhaji Kolo who fled to Maiduguri, revealed that more than 50 militants stormed the village early Wednesday evening.
“The terrorists first descended on Muslim worshippers in various mosques who were observing the Maghrib prayer shortly after breaking their fast. They opened fire on the worshippers who were mostly men and young children.
“They spared nobody. In fact, while some of the terrorists waited and set most of the corpses on fire, others proceeded to houses and shot indiscriminately at women who were preparing food.”
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