Dozens Killed In Terrorist Attack in Northern Nigeria

By Staff, Agencies

At least 59 people lost their lives in a suspected terrorist attack in north-eastern Nigeria.

Militants entered a remote village in the Gubio district of Borno state on Tuesday afternoon, killing dozens.

The village was also razed, according to local reports.

No group has yet claimed the attack. The AFP news agency said that 59 bodies had been recovered, while Reuters reported that 69 people were killed.

Reuters reported that the militants suspected villagers of sharing information about their movements to security forces.

While it is unclear who carried out the attack, both Boko Haram and an offshoot which fights under the banner of Daesh [the Arabic acronym for terrorist ‘ISIS/ISIL’ group] have carried out deadly attacks in the north-east of Nigeria.

Boko Haram, which sparked global outrage in 2014 when they abducted more than 270 schoolgirls in Chibok in Borno state, is also active in neighboring Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

In March, its militants ambushed and killed at least 47 Nigerian soldiers in the country's north east, before killing almost 100 soldiers in Chad the following day.

The group's decade-long insurgency has left thousands dead and displaced many more.