Killings Updates: More than 20 killed in fresh Boko Haram attack

The Islamist Boko Haram group struck again on Sunday killing at least 20 people in Kumuyya village in Borno State.

Reuters reports that the Islamist assailants shot people as they gathered to trade in the village open air market.

A source from the village confirmed that the militants arrived in the early hours of sunday in three military vans and numerous motorcycles. They drove to the residence of the district head and demanded N250, 000 in order to spare the town and its inhabitants. When the community leader told the militants that he could not afford the sum, they asked him to summon other residents of the village to contribute the amount. The villagers were only able to N71,000.

Incensed by their failure to extort more cash from the villagers, armed gangs caught more than 20 villagers, tied their hands, and shot them in the head at point blank. They also set houses on fire and burnt some vehicles loaded with foodstuff.
On Thursday, suspected Boko Haram gunmen rampaged through three villages in the state killing 28 people and burning houses.

Reports has that Boko Haram militants had attacked at least 55 villages in Borno State since the beginning of this year, while the military commanders keep restating that they are in control of the matter, but without stopping the sect’s incessant raids.