Fifteen persons have been killed by the Boko Haram insurgents who attacked a remote village in Borno State, shooting sporadically and burning homes.
The attack took place on Monday, jUne 8, 2015 in Huyum, in the Askira-Uba district of borno State, which have been experiencing incessant attacks in recent weeks by the Islamist militants.
Bukar Zira, a residetnt who had fled to the commercial hub Mubi in neighbouring Adamawa State as the rebels were enchroaching said, “The whole village was burnt by Boko Haram gunmen. We lost around 500 homes.”
“We have so far lost 15 people and one was injured. People in the whole village moved out to different parts of Borno and Adamawa,” he added.
Peter Malgwui, another resident and witness to the attack said, Boko Haram had mounted several raids against neighbouring villages in recent weeks, looting food supplies and burning diwn homes.
“They completely burnt the whole village. Not a single home was spared,” he added, giving the same death toll as Zira.” peter said
This attack is the number 12 among attacks launched by boko haram since President Muhammadu Buhari took office.
According to AFP, a total number of 109 persons have been killed.
A source from Huyum community, Ishaya Ayube also said,
“The attackers remained up to 4:00am this morning, until they withdrew.
“There were troops stationed about 20 kilometres away, but they didn’t respond. We have lost everything.”
