NIGERIAN CONFLICT
Boko Haram extremists loot and burn three villages
Boko Haram jihadists razed three villages in northeast Nigeria in attacks that killed two people and injured several others, civilian militia and residents said on Sunday. The jihadists arrived in trucks to attack the neighbouring villages of Dala-Melari, Fuguri and Femari villages, six kilometres outside Borno state capital Maiduguri. "The terrorists fired indicriminately and forced residents to flee," said militia leader Ibrahim Liman. He blamed fighters loyal to Boko Haram factional leader Abubakar Shekau. "They completely burnt the villages after looting food supplies," Liman said. A resident, Modu Malari, said the jihadists invaded the villages and "spared nothing." "They stole all our food and burnt all our homes. They killed two of our men," Malari said. The attacks came hours after the jihadists hacked to death a dozen farmers working on their fields in Kalla village, five kilometres away. Liman blamed the same jihadists who killed the farmers for the village raids. In recen...
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