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UPDATE 1-Islamist insurgents kill at least 20 civilians in northeast Nigerian village -sources

Published 26/06/2019, 14:41
UPDATE 1-Islamist insurgents kill at least 20 civilians in northeast Nigerian village -sources

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MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, June 26 (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents
killed at least 20 civilians in a northeast Nigerian village, a
government-allied vigilante, a government and a security source
said on Wednesday.
The attack comes less than a month after Nigeria's President
Muhammadu Buhari began his second term, once again vowing to
bring security to a country bedeviled by a slew of conflicts
that have killed tens of thousands and show little sign of
ending.
The militants struck the village of Ngamngam in Borno state,
near the border with Niger, late on Monday and left early
Tuesday, the government official said, declining to be
identified because they, as well as the security source, were
not authorised to speak to media.
The insurgents executed at least 20 locals on their farms,
while many of the rest fled to the nearby town of Damasak, the
security source said.
Bakura Kachallah, a member of the pro-government vigilante
group Civilian Joint Task Force, said he helped evacuate the
corpses of 20 or more people.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack,
though the security source said it had been Boko Haram, rather
than rival insurgency Islamic State West Africa Province.
Last week, suicide bombers killed at least 30 people in an
attack on the northeastern town of Konduga.

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