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Boko Haram Attack: 18 Killed in Brutal Attack in northeastern Nigeria by Boko Haram Militants / Africa News

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Local residents in the Nigerian town of Shaffa in the northeast have said that Boko Haram militants have killed at least 18 people in an attack on the town on Thursday.

They said the militants stormed the town on motorcycles, shooting randomly and looting shops which were opened for sales.

Dead bodies were said to be scattered on the streets and residents fled for their lives. The attack was said to have lasted for several hours.

The Reuters African Service quoted a resident as saying that the militants have taken the town completely without any resistance from government troops.

“People ran out of their houses in fear, but unknown to many of us the insurgents were nearby and they were pursuing people, shooting as we were fleeing”, the resident said.

Haram has consolidated its recent campaign of annexing territory for its Islamic Caliphate State. The State of Borno is firmly under its control. All government troops’ station in the area has pulled out, leaving the area to the mercy of the militants according to local reports. Boko Haram has also taken some towns in the State of Adamawa as well.

Boko Haram five-year insurgency has intensified in recent months despite the deployment of thousands of extra troops to the worst-affected areas in the northeast by the Nigerian government.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that Boko Haram has killed more than 3,000 civilians this year alone.

Political analysts say this year is the worse year for Nigeria since Boko Haram began its armed insurgency in 2009.

Boko Haram is a Hausa language which translates to mean “Western education is forbidden” and it sees schools and colleges as a symbol of Western culture in Nigeria. It has vowed to eradicate such institutions and create an Islamic state in the north of the country.

Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls in the town of Chibok in the state of Borno in April which sparked an international outrage.

An international rescue operation is still being carried out by the US and its allies to be able to locate and free the abducted schoolgirls.

Issaka Adams / NationalTurk Africa News

Writer’s Email Address: Adamsisska@googlemail.com

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