Boko
Haram killed at least 11 villagers of Kuburvwa, near Chibok in Borno state on
Sunday (21 August) night. The assailants are also accused of raping several
women and kidnapping many others from the Nigerian village.
Abbas Gava, the spokesperson of
the Vigilante Group of Nigeria, confirmed the attack to
journalists in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state. He told the Premium Times
that many people managed to flee into the nearby bushes to escape the attack
and are still untraceable.
A local
security operative told the paper on condition of anonymity that "many
women, mostly married, were raped while others were taken away by the
gunmen". Gava too confirmed that the Boko Haram attackers assaulted many
women, including housewives. He added that he could not give the exact number
of the kidnapped women.
He said:
"The attack took place in Kuburvwa village which is located between Chibok
and Damboa towns. According to reports we received from our operatives in that
area, the Boko Haram gunmen invaded the village at night on Sunday and began to
shoot."
The latest Boko Haram attack comes
after the Nigerian government claimed that they have defeated the militant
group, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State (Isis). The chief of
Nigerian Air Force, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar, recently said that they have
killed about 300 Boko Haram fighters over the last week in a raid in Borno
State.
Recently,
a video surfaced of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls, who were taken away by
Boko Haram in 2014. The video has given the family members of the kidnapped
girls renewed hope that their girls are alive and could be brought back.
However, they have accused the government of not doing enough for their safe
return.
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