Two suspected Boko Haram suicide bombers have killed at least 10 people, bringing the number of people murdered by the Islamist militants in north-east Nigeria this week to more than 160.
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Two female suicide bombers meanwhile killed 11 people on Thursday, Borno State police commissioner Aderemi Opadokun said.
Boko Haram militants Friday slit the throats of 11 alleged “traitors”, witnesses said in the first news of desertions from the Nigerian extremist group.
The attacks were carried out in the Malari village outside Maiduguri, capital of Borno state, the epicentre of terror group Boko Haram’s insurgency. As for the Borno village, this was the fourth time they had witnessed Boko Haram attacks as of late but fortunately there were survivors who lived to tell the tale after the devastating massacres in the villages where houses were also burnt down.
Early Friday morning, as people were sleeping, Boko Haram militants dragged men out of houses in Miringa village and shot them for escaping forced conscription.
A few analysts are likening Buhari’s press statements condemning the Boko Haram attacks to the same laid back response of the previous administration. “My thoughts and sympathies are with the victims and their families”, Duddridge added.
But 2014 has been the bloodiest year of the insurgency yet, with increasingly frequent attacks, higher death tolls and a deluge of displaced persons.
Ibrahim said he had lost his three children, his father, his six siblings and his uncle in the attack.
Local resident Haladu Musa, who fled the attack, told AFP that “large numbers” of fighters poured into the village, overpowering government forces deployed to prevent the insurgents reaching Maiduguri.
However, Tukur Abdulkadir, a senior lecturer in political science at Kaduna University, does not think Boko Haram is making a serious comeback.
The extremists targeted many mosques in Kukawa town on Wednesday is said to be the most brutal attack, shooting down at least 100 praying worshippers.
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The High Commissioner also said that “Member States, donors and the United Nations Country Teams can and should begin focusing programmes to meet the needs of the people of the sub-region – to repair the damage caused by Boko Haram, and to ensure that such a movement can never again take hold”, Mr. Zeid concluded.
