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MAIDUGURI:
At least 25 people were killed in new suspected Boko Haram attacks in northeastern Nigeria, with many villagers also forced to flee their homes, residents said Saturday.
“The terrorists stormed Maikadiri around 9:00am and opened fire on hapless citizens,” resident Simon Templer said.
“They laid siege in daylight because there are no soldiers or police nearby,” said another survivor, Markus Ali.
Two other villages close to Maikadiri in southern Borno state were also attacked, said Maina Ularamu, chief of the Madagali district.
“The gunmen arrived on 10 motorbikes, two or three on each bike and attacked Kopa, Maikadiri and Yaffa villages,” Ularamu told AFP.
He said four people were killed in Yaffa. He claimed that the extremists used to live in the villages before joining Boko Haram. “Now they are preying on their own community,” Ularamu said.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 26th, 2015.
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