{"id":22404,"date":"2014-06-04T06:55:54","date_gmt":"2014-06-04T06:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=22404"},"modified":"2014-06-04T06:55:54","modified_gmt":"2014-06-04T06:55:54","slug":"dozens-killed-in-boko-haram-attack-on-nigeria-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/06\/dozens-killed-in-boko-haram-attack-on-nigeria-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Dozens killed’ in Boko Haram attack on Nigeria villages"},"content":{"rendered":"
Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people in fresh attacks on villages in Borno state in northern Nigeria, the BBC has learnt.<\/p>\n
In one attack, gunmen reportedly fired on a crowd in a church compound.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram has waged an increasingly bloody insurgency since 2009 to create an Islamic state in Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The latest attacks come as the Nigerian army has denied reports that several generals have been found guilty of aiding Boko Haram in their insurgency.<\/p>\n
Nigerian media reported on Tuesday that 10 generals and five other senior military officers had been tried before a court martial for supplying arms and information to the militant group.<\/p>\n
However, a military spokesman called the reports “falsehoods”.<\/p>\n
This contradicted an earlier statement by the interior minister, Abba Moro, saying it was “good news” that the army had identified the accused, and that it sent a strong message to other serving officers.<\/p>\n
State of emergency<\/strong><\/p>\n Nigerian media said the latest attacks happened on Tuesday in Borno state.<\/p>\n Residents in the village of Attagara, close to the Cameroonian border, said that armed men had ordered them into a church compound.<\/p>\n They said they were led to believe the men were from the Nigerian military. Eyewitnesses said the men then opened fire on the crowd.<\/p>\n Nigerian media report that at least six villages were raided and 30 people killed.<\/p>\n Nigerian MP Peter Biye told the BBC there had been several similar raids in the area and that many homes had been destroyed.<\/p>\n Credit: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Boko Haram militants have killed dozens of people in fresh attacks on villages in Borno state in northern Nigeria, the BBC has learnt. In one attack, gunmen reportedly fired on a crowd in a church compound. Boko Haram has waged an increasingly bloody insurgency since 2009 to create an Islamic state in Nigeria. The latest […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":22405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[38,14],"yoast_head":"\n