By our reporter| About sixty-nine people have been killed in Zowo, a village in Gubio town of Borno State by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
The insurgents who attacked the village on Tuesday night in large numbers shooting targets at sight left dead bodies of men women and children caught up in the gunfire as they scampered for safety.
The assailants had also burnt down the village on their way out, after the operation.
Meanwhile, over a thousand cows were said to have been rustled while hundreds of other livestock were either shot or burnt alive as a result of the fire that engulfed the village.
The villagers are mostly farmers and cattle breeders who have shown resilience despite several attacks, killing two suspected Boko Haram members in April during an attack.
Tuesday’s attack is believed to be a reprisal, local sources, said.
Leave a Reply