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ADAMAWA: Boko Haram kills 26, burns houses
Reports emanating from Kuda Kaya community in Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa State indicates that not fewer than 26 persons were killed during a Monday evening attack on the community.
Several houses were also said to have been razed during the attack sources said have sparked fear in the area.
The District Head of Shuwa, Mohammed Sanusi, who confirmed the Kuda Kaya community attack, which had been attacked by the Boko Haram in the past, lamented the killing by the insurgents.
He said: “Twenty-four people were initially killed. But two more bodies were recovered later.
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“The insurgents arrived in the town at about 5.30pm and began to shoot people.
“There’s no person with gunshot wounds who survived.”
He said the insurgents also killed many cows, sheep and goats.
According to Sanusi,, soldiers and vigilantes came around 7pm and chased them away, adding that villages around Gulak town in Madagali were also attacked by the insurgents who operated for hours.
The spokesman for the police Adamawa state, Othman Abubakar, while confirming the Kuda Kaya community attack on Tuesday, said he cannot confirm the number of those who lost their lives as the Divisional Police Officer of Madagali is yet to brief him.
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