Boko Haram kills scores in Southern Niger

Boko Haram militants raided a village in southern Niger, shooting dead and slitting the throats of at least 15 people, security sources in the West African nation said on Friday.

The overnight attack took place in the village of N’Gourtoua in the Diffa region near Niger’s border with Nigeria, as residents celebrated Tabaski, the Muslim festival of sacrifice.

Meanwhile, the sect also invaded three communities of Sabon Gari, Kafin Hausa and Bakin Dutse of Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State, leaving scores of people mostly returning farmers and herdsmen dead after setting ablaze their residential houses.

Source : persecondnews.com