Twenty killed in fresh Boko Haram attack on Borno community

No less than 20 people, including food farmers and wood loggers, person been killed and an unspecified fig wounded successful a caller Boko Haram onslaught connected Hambagda, a fewer kilometres distant from Gwoza town, successful Borno State.

The onslaught reportedly occurred erstwhile a landmine suspected to person been planted by Boko Haram terrorists exploded successful the outskirts of Gwoza section authorities country successful the state.

The Civilian Joint Task Force, JTF, revealed that the incidental occurred astir 11am connected Thursday.

According to the Civilian JTF, immoderate of the victims were loggers who went successful hunt of firewood to enactment their families.

“It is simply a bittersweet time for america successful Gwoza town, we mislaid astir 20 loggers and respective others sustained gunshot wounds.

“The terrorists planted improvised explosive devices IEDs connected the way aft the explosions, they fired astatine the helpless civilians,” a Civilian JTF root said.

According to report, astir 18 bodies person truthful acold been recovered astir communities adjacent to Gwoza town.

Reports besides warned that the decease toll could rise, arsenic respective radical were inactive unaccounted for.

Residents said the attackers appeared to beryllium moving throu...