Boko Haram jihadists blamed for deaths of vigilantes
Four of the six slain vigilantes were hunting in the bush near a camp for internally displaced people
Kano, Nigeria — Suspected Boko Haram jihadists killed six people fighting alongside the military in two separate incidents in northeast Nigeria, vigilantes said on Sunday. Four of the slain vigilantes were hunting in the bush near a camp for internally displaced people on the outskirts of the city of Maiduguri when they were seized in a daytime attack. Vigilante Musa Ari said the attackers were riding motorcyles when they seized six people on Saturday. Four were later found with their "throats slit". Vigilante Babakura Kolo, speaking from Maiduguri, said: "Two others are missing and we believe they were taken away by the terrorists." In a separate suspected Boko Haram attack on Saturday night, two other vigilantes died after two female suicide bombers detonated explosives in the town of Konduga. "One of the bombers detonated her explosives close to a group of vigilantes … after they were asked to identify themselves," said vigilante Ibrahim Liman. "A dusk-to-dawn curfew has been pla...
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