According to eyewitnesses, the insurgents slaughtered men and children in three remote villages in the north-eastern Borno State as well as shot dead women preparing food for them.
The worst affected village is said to be Kukawa where 97 people were killed.
According to an eyewitness Alhaji Kolo, Babami who narrated the incidence to AP said over 50 militants stormed the village of Kukawa and
"the terrrorists first decended on Muslim worshippers in various mosques who were observing the Maghrib prayer shortly after breaking their fast. They opened fire on worshippers who were mostly men and young children. They spared nobody. In fact, while some of the terrorists waited and set most of the corpses on fire, others proceeded to houses and shot indiscriminately at women who were preparing food" .
In two other villages near the town of Monguno, gunmen killed 48 people and injured 11 others.
Local politician, Mohammed Tahir said,
"They selected particular male residents from among the crowd of worshippers... opened fire on them before setting the two villages on fire and razing them to the ground".
AP
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