Nigeria: At least 22 dead in two jihadist attacks – 17 civilians and five soldiers

At least 17 fishermen and farmers died Thursday in Borno, northeast Nigeria, by jihadist attack. At the same time, a few hours earlier, an armed attack on the opposing jihadist group aimed at the Mixed Multinational Power (BD), which acts on the border area with Cameroon, led to the deaths of five of its members, as Boko Haram was reported Friday, Northeast Nigeria, above all in the state of Borno, the focus of the jihadist uprising that broke out in 2009 and has left at least 40,000 dead and over 2 million internal displaced. Boko Haram fighters captured fishermen and farmers in the village of Malam Karadi, near the town of Baga, on the shore of Lake Chad, and then murdered them, two sources from the French Agency said in paramilitary groups to help them. ‘So far 17 corpses have been found and the […]
Source: News Beast

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