At Least 65 Dead In Suspected Boko Haram Attack In Nigeria

February 01, 2016

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, Jan 31 (Reuters) - At least 65 people were killed during an attack by Islamist militant group Boko Haram near Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri, a Reuters reporter said after counting bodies at a hospital morgue.
The remains of a dozen victims were burnt beyond recognition in Saturday's attack when militants opened fire on residents, set fire to houses and targeted a crowd with suicide bombers, security and medical officials said.
A Nigerian military spokesman, Colonel Mustapha Ankas, said that Boko Haram militants attacked the community of Dalori, about 5 km (3 miles) east of Maiduguri in Borno state.
Sixty-two other people sustained injuries and are receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Maiduguri the capital of the state.

Most of those affected were fleeing women and children who ran into suicide bombers in a nearby village, an official of the National Emergency Management Agency said.
Earlier on Sunday, the State Emergency Management Ageny’s Zonal Coordinator, Mr Mohammed Kanar, told Channels Television that the death toll could rise, as other rescue organisations were involved in providing aid to the victims.
He also said that the suicide bombers had told those running for safety to join them, claiming that where they were was safe.
When they gathered, they detonated their devices, killing many of them, he said.
No group has claimed responsibility of the attack that has thrown the village into mourning, but the Boko Haram terrorist group is highly suspected to have been involved.It was the third attack this week suspected to have been carried out by the insurgent group - and the most deadly. Since it started losing control of territory, Boko Haram has reverted to hit-and-run attacks on villages as well as suicide bombings on places of worship or markets.