65 killed in Nigeria in attack by Boko Haram militants.
- Written by VOA
Boko Haram militants killed at least 65 people at a funeral
in northeastern Nigeria, local officials said Sunday, revising
the earlier death toll of 23.
"It is 65 people dead and 10 injured," said Muhammed
Bulama, the local government chairman. Bulama said he
thought the attack was in revenge for the killing of 11
Boko Haram fighters by the villagers two weeks ago.
Nigerians last week marked the 10-year anniversary of
the rise of the Boko Haram insurgency, which has killed
more than 30,000 people, displaced millions and created
one of the world's largest humanitarian crises. The extremists
are known for mass abductions of schoolgirls and putting
young women and men into suicide vests for attacks on
markets, mosques and other high-traffic areas.
The insurgent group, which promotes an extreme form
of Islamist fundamentalism and opposes Western-style
education, has defied the claims of President Muhammadu
Buhari's administration that the insurgency has been
crushed. The violence also has spilled into neighbouring
Chad, Niger and Cameroon.
The Observer.
