Insurgency: Boko Haram Beheads Seven In Borno

According to a report on The Nation, Boko Haram militants yesterday killed seven people in Ngamdu, Borno State in an overnight raid. Residents and an official disclosed that the victims were beheaded in a revenge attack by the sect, which suffered some reverses from military troops recently. The locals said they woke up and discovered that “seven people had been brutally killed”, said resident Musa Abor, according to French News Agency (AFP) The gunmen “slit their throats just the way people slaughter goats”, he added.

Abor and a Borno State official, who asked that his name be withheld, said the bodies had been decapitated, in the latest act of gruesome violence blamed on the Islamists who have killed more than 10,000 people since 2009.

Recently, Boko Haram insurgents have targeted reprisal attacks at locals who have fought alongside the military as vigilantes. An army officer in Borno, who also requested for anonymity, said 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed in clashes in Ngamdu two weeks ago and the group had vowed revenge against the community.

Those killed yesterday could not immediately be identified as vigilantes and the Defence Headquarters was not available to comment on the attack or the alleged beheadings.

Source: The Nation