Nearly 80 Killed This Week As Boko Haram Attacks Rock Northern Nigeria
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Nearly 80 people have been killed this week in northern Nigeria, according to local media reports yesterday, in attacks blamed on a islamists group and criminal gangs.
Gunmen killed more than 50 people in the state of Zamfara, the Nigerian Tribune reported, and many more were injured. A gang ransacked houses in four villages on Tuesday, shooting with AK-47 rifles at residents who crossed their path, according to the report. The reason for the attack was unclear.
In Borno, another northern state, at least 18 people were killed in attacks suspected to be carried out by Boko Haram militants, the Vanguard newspaper reported yesterday.
The attacks took place in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, on Monday, but were reported only two days later, as most telephone lines in northern Nigeria are not operational. The 18 victims included five students of a secondary school in Maiduguri and 13 people near Alau Dam, on the outskirts of the town.
Monday's killings follow the deaths of 11 children and adults in Yobe state capital Damaturu on Sunday, when extremists attacked a secondary school and a military checkpoint.
Nine people were injured. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa on May 14 in an attempt to gain control over ongoing extremist attacks.
Boko Haram has been fighting Nigeria's government for four years and are waging a war against Western education and lifestyle.
Nigeria’s military banned the use of Thuraya satellite phones yesterday in northeastern Borno state, a step it said was designed to stop militants communicating.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno and two other states on May 14, ordering extra troops in to try to crush sect Boko Haram, whose insurgency against has killed thousands of people in the past three years.
Authorities cut the mobile network in Borno state in the same week to disrupt Boko Haram’s operations.
In Borno, another northern state, at least 18 people were killed in attacks suspected to be carried out by Boko Haram militants, the Vanguard newspaper reported yesterday.
The attacks took place in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, on Monday, but were reported only two days later, as most telephone lines in northern Nigeria are not operational. The 18 victims included five students of a secondary school in Maiduguri and 13 people near Alau Dam, on the outskirts of the town.
Monday's killings follow the deaths of 11 children and adults in Yobe state capital Damaturu on Sunday, when extremists attacked a secondary school and a military checkpoint.
Nine people were injured. President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in the northern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa on May 14 in an attempt to gain control over ongoing extremist attacks.
Boko Haram has been fighting Nigeria's government for four years and are waging a war against Western education and lifestyle.
Nigeria’s military banned the use of Thuraya satellite phones yesterday in northeastern Borno state, a step it said was designed to stop militants communicating.
President Goodluck Jonathan declared a state of emergency in Borno and two other states on May 14, ordering extra troops in to try to crush sect Boko Haram, whose insurgency against has killed thousands of people in the past three years.
Authorities cut the mobile network in Borno state in the same week to disrupt Boko Haram’s operations.
