Metro Boko Haram Slaughters 44 People in Borno Village over Refusal to Cooperate

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Some gunmen on Tuesday night slaughtered no fewer than 44 people at Dumba village on the outskirts of Baga town, in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.

Men dressed as soldiers opened fire on worshippers leaving a mosque.

The attack in Demba village happened on Tuesday but details were only emerging on Friday because the area is remote and phone lines had been cut off by authorities to disrupt activities of the armed group Boko Haram.

It was gathered that the gunmen also set fire on some houses in the village.

Defence spokesman Brigadier General Chris Olukolade told the AFP news agency that "Boko Haram people attacked the village on the ground that they have refused to cooperate with them, that they refused their message”.

The attack happened the same day the military said the group's leader Abubakar Shekau might have died between July 25 and August 4 from gunshot wounds inflicted in a gun battle with security forces.
 
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