Terrorists have killed 32 people, including 25 herdsmen in Borno State 32 individuals, including 25 herdsmen, were killed in two attacks by...
Terrorists have killed 32 people, including 25 herdsmen in Borno State
32 individuals, including 25 herdsmen, were killed in two attacks by suspected terrorists affiliated with the IS group in Borno state, in the northeast of Nigeria.
The attacks took place on Tuesday in the Lake Chad region, which is under the authority of the IS organisation in West Africa in several places.
ISWAP gunmen on more than 10 motorcycles killed 25 shepherds in the initial raid, volunteer fighters battling the terrorists told the French news agency AFP. The attackers did not take anything from the herders grazing in the Gudumbali Forest, 95 kilometres from Maiduguri, according to the leader of the volunteer warriors, Babakura Kolo.
He claimed that some of the shepherds were hacked to death and others were shot.
After accusing the herders of informing the military about their actions, the hardline warriors gave the order for them to leave the region.
The extremists' attacks on farmers who are tending to their farms during the rainy season have recently increased. According to the AFP news agency, the 14-year battle, which has affected Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, has claimed at least 40,000 lives and caused over two million more to lose their homes.