by Isi Esene
At least 39 people have been shot dead in an attack on a village by suspected militants in north-eastern Nigeria.
According to reports, the attackers believed to be members of the dreaded Islamic sect Boko Haram destroyed the entire village of Mainok, west of the city of Maiduguri.
It incident took place on Saturday, shortly after two bomb blasts killed at least 50 people in Maiduguri.
BBC News reports:
Boko Haram has been conducting a four-year violent campaign to demand Islamic rule in northern Nigeria.
The morning after the latest attack, bodies were lying in front of the mosque waiting to be buried and buildings in Mainok were still on fire, the BBC’s Will Ross reports from Lagos.
An eyewitness described how the attack unfolded: “They started shooting everywhere, they started burning all the houses in the village.
“I don’t think that there is any house that is standing in the village and they have killed at least 39 people in the village.
“These people have guns – AK47, RPGs and so on and so forth, they can come and attack anybody and kill, including women and children, they kill everybody that can see them.”
