Today, suspected members of dreaded
Terrorist group, Boko Haram have opened fire
on a market in Borno, killing 20 people.
According to reuters, the gunmen surrounded
the village of Kamuyya and
shot people as
they gathered to trade in its open air market.
Reuters reports that a military source has
confirmed today’s attack and number of
casualities.
As we wait for more details see the rest of
the Reuters report below…
Villages in Borno state, the
epicentre of Boko Haram’s violent
campaign to carve an Islamic
caliphate out of religiously mixed
Nigeria, have been under almost
daily attack.
On Thursday, suspected Boko
Haram gunmen rampaged through
three villages in northern Nigeria,
killing 28 people and burning houses
to the ground.

Boko Haram made world headlines
when it claimed the abduction of
more than 200 school girls from the
village of Chibok last month,
prompting international outrage and
persuading President Goodluck
Jonathan to accept foreign help to
try to free them, including a team of
around 80 U.S. troops deployed to
neighbouring Chad, and surveillance
drones.
Since the girl were snatched on April
14, at least 470 civilians have been
killed by the insurgents in various
attacks, according to a Reuters
count.