Suspected members of Nigeria’s Islamist group Boko Haram shot
dead more than 20 civilians when a vigilante group attacked them in the
northern Borno state, a military spokesman said Sunday.
“The suspected sect members came armed and fired sporadic shots that
killed over twenty innocent civilians,” Haruna Mohammed Sani, spokesman
for the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) said. The violence took place on Saturday in Dawashe village, the army lieutenant said in a statement.
He said men from the Civilian Joint Task Force, a vigilante group
formed in Boko Haram’s bastion Maiduguri to combat the Islamist gunmen
who have been terrorising the region for years, entered Dawashe to search for suspects. Suspected Boko Haram members subsequently opened fire in the village,
the spokesman said, adding that the 20 victims were mostly fishermen
and traders. Sani said a dozen other civilians sustained gunshot wounds during the
incident but provided no information on casualties among the
belligerents. The toll and circumstances of the incident could not immediately be verified independently.
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