Et angrep på en landsby og en katolsk kirke i det nordøstlige Nigeria resulterte i 99 drepte og hundrevis sårede i helgen. Boko Haram står bak.

The attacks in Borno and Adamawa states resulted in one of the highest death tolls in recent attacks by militants who are defying an 8-month old military state of emergency in three states in northern Nigeria designed to halt an Islamic uprising there.

Attackers set off several explosions in Kawuri village in Borno state after launching their assault near the weekly market as vendors were packing up on Sunday night, the security official said.

He said 52 people died and the entire village was burned down, including 300 homes. He also said two improvised explosive devices thet were left behind went off Monday morning, narrowly missing security personnel who were collecting bodies in Kawuri. The official blamed suspected Boko Haram militants for the attack.

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Also on Sunday, suspected militants in Adamawa state, south of Borno, stormed a Roman Catholic church during a Sunday morning service in Wada Chakawa village. They fired guns into the church, set off explosives and took people hostage during a five-hour siege, residents said. The Rev. Raymond Danbouye, a spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Yola, said dozens of people were killed.

Local Chairman Maina Ularamu said officials recovered 45 bodies including those of two police officers. He urged calm, saying: «I believe security operatives are on top of the situation.»

Villager Moses Apogu said, «They used explosives during the attack on worshippers, and many people lost their lives.» Another resident, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals, said some of the people taken away were later killed.

 

 

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