Boko Haram terrorists have killed seven people in a Borno State community, reports say.
Terrorists kill 7 in Borno community
The insurgents were said to have attacked Awonori, near the border with Niger, on Monday, August 17, 2015.
The sect leader Abubakar Shekau, flanked by his subordinates.
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“They killed seven people, looted grains and took away all the livestocks in the village before fleeing into the bush,”Muhammadu Modu Wan-Wan, head of the Damasak fishermen's union, told AFP.
“The gunmen who came in vans and on motorcycles around 7:00 am (0600 GMT) besieged the village and opened fire on residents as they were having breakfast before moving to their farms,” he added.
The attack was confirmed by the head of Borno's fishermen's union, Abubakar Gamandi.
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Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari has given the Nigerian military three months to defeat the sect.
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