Boko Haram Attacks Village In Nigeria; Reuters Reports At Least 65 Dead

People walk past burnt houses after Boko Haram attacks at Dalori village on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria.

Scores of charred bodies lay on the streets following Saturday night’s attack on Dalori village, three miles from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the biggest city in north-east Nigeria.

The Nigerian government said it has “technically” defeated the ruthless Boko Haram group but the unrelenting fighters have continued to carry out attacks in the West African country.

At least 50 people were feared killed when Boko Haram fighters armed with guns and explosives attacked a village in northeastern Nigeria, the army and local residents said on Sunday.

Three female suicide bombers who had initially tried to mingle with the villagers “were intercepted then blew themselves up”, he said. He cried over the telephone as he told the Associated Press about the traumatizing incident which took the lives of many people, including children.

A second attack in the village of Miterine left two dead and 24 wounded, he said.

Gunmen riding motorcycles raided a Nigerian village under the cover of darkness, killing at least 80 people and setting homes ablaze, officials said.

Gen. Hassan said: “I praise the National and State Emergency Management Agencies (NEMA and SEMA), Red Cross and others for rescuing and resettling displaced people in camps”.

“But unfortunately as we suspected, three bombs went off from amongst the crowded villagers which killed many people”, said a soldier, who sought anonymity.

The Lake Chad region, which borders Nigeria, Chad, Cameroon and Niger, has seen a number Boko Haram attacks in the group’s push for an hardline Islamist state.

Another resident by the name of Ibrahim Muhammad said that the Boko Haram insurgents had dressed up as military personnel and began opening fire on everybody. Later the attackers retreated when the soldiers came with reinforcements.

The Islamic attacks on various villages and encampments in the region have been going on for six years, and so far, 20,000 have been killed and another 2.5 million sent fleeing, AP reported.

Boko Haram, the world’s deadliest terror group, has once again shown why it is as fearsome, if not more so, than the Islamic State (ISIS) militants in the Middle East.