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Nigeria buries scores of farmers killed by militants, some beheaded

Published 29/11/2020, 13:12
Updated 29/11/2020, 13:18
© Reuters.

By Lanre Ola and and Maiduguri newsroom
ZABARMARI, Nigeria, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Villagers in
northeast Nigeria's Borno state on Sunday buried 43 farmers
killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants while
security forces searched for dozens of people who are still
missing.
Roughly 30 of the men killed were also beheaded in the
attack, which began on Saturday morning in Zabarmari village in
northeast Borno state. Residents said a total of 70 people are
feared dead. While no group claimed responsibility, such massacres have
been carried out in the past by Boko Haram or the Islamic State
West Africa Province (ISWAP). They are both active in the
region, where Islamic militants have killed at least 30,000
people in the past decade.
President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killings and said
"the entire country is hurt."
In Zabarmari, dozens of mourners surrounded the bodies,
which were wrapped in white burial shrouds and placed on wooden
pallets, as clerics led prayers for the deceased.
One resident and Amnesty International said 10 women were
among those missing.
Borno state governor Babagana Zulum, speaking at the
burials, called on the federal government to recruit more
soldiers, Civilian Joint Task Force members and civil defence
fighters to protect farmers in the region.
He described desperate choices facing people.
"In one side, they stay at home they may be killed by hunger
and starvation, on the other, they go out to their farmlands and
risk getting killed by the insurgents," he said.
Food prices in Nigeria have risen dramatically over the past
year, driven by flooding, border closures and insecurity in some
food-producing areas.

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