The Area Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency in Borno State, Mohammed Kanar, said 86 bodies were picked up in the village on Sunday.
A resident who managed to escape, said that screams of children could be heard from burning houses
as the embattled villagers ran in confusion to exit the village as the destruction raged. Also, a survivor, who said he hid on a tree, stated that he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death, AP reports.
On Sunday, while some residents had managed to return to their houses which had been razed, burnt bodies and others, riddled with bullets, littered the streets and some burnt houses in the town.
One of those who had returned to the village on Sunday told Punch that insurgents including suicide bombers attacked the town, which also spilled over to the IDP camps around the village.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, he added that the suicide bombers mingled with fleeing villagers and detonated the explosives on them at the neighbouring Gamori village, killing several villagers.
Military sources say the terrorists are carrying out panic attacks as they were being bombed in the forest.
On Sunday, while some residents had managed to return to their houses which had been razed, burnt bodies and others, riddled with bullets, littered the streets and some burnt houses in the town.
One of those who had returned to the village on Sunday told Punch that insurgents including suicide bombers attacked the town, which also spilled over to the IDP camps around the village.
Speaking on condition of anonymity, he added that the suicide bombers mingled with fleeing villagers and detonated the explosives on them at the neighbouring Gamori village, killing several villagers.
Military sources say the terrorists are carrying out panic attacks as they were being bombed in the forest.
No comments:
Post a Comment