BREAKING: Scores Killed as Boko Haram Sects Attack Two Villages in Zamfara state

At least 22 persons were reportedly killed in an attack by the members of the suspected Islamist militias, Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, officials said on Friday.

Islamist Gunmen on about 50 motorcycles attacked two villages in Zamfara State, Maitsaba and Birnin-Tsab on Thursday evening.They attacked residents and torched dozens of homes and grain stores, Zamfara Commissioner of Commerce Alhaji Hassan Zurmi told dpa.

Boko Haram, which means, "Western education is sinful," has been active in the Muslim north of the Nigerian state, carrying out attacks against government institutions and civilians.

Since 2009 more than 6,000 people have been killed in the violence related to Islamist attacks.

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