Boko Haram kills 56 in remote part of Borno State

Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed 56 villagers in a
remote area, the governor of Borno State of the region said,
as the government warned that the extremists are trying to
extend their violent campaign.
Gov. Kashim Shettima confirmed the attack in Baanu village
during a meeting with the parents of the 219 girls abducted
from a school in the region by the extremists last year.
Thursday marked 500 days of captivity of the girls from a
school in Chibok.
"I want us all to understand that the Boko Haram
crisis is a calamity that has befallen us, as the
insurgents do not discriminate whether somebody is
Christian or Muslim, neither do they have any tribal
sympathy or affiliations. Just yesterday they killed 56
people in Baanu village of Nganzai local government,
as I am speaking to you their corpses are still littered
on the street of the village because virtually everyone
in the village had to run for their lives".
He did not provide further details of the attack.
Fleeing residents of Baanu village said they were attacked by
Boko Haram on Friday night.
"We returned back to the village in the morning after
spending the night in the bush, we saw corpses in
the streets of the village," said farmer Mustapha
Alibe.
AP

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