2023-11-02 05:52:02
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) — Extremists killed at least 37 villagers in two separate attacks in northeastern Nigeria, residents said Wednesday, in another sign of the deadly 14-year insurgency campaign waged by radical Islamist rebels in Nigeria. this punished region.
Radicals attacked residents in Geidam district, Yobe state, on Monday and Tuesday in the first attack in the state in more than a year. At first, they shot 17 people to death and then used a land mine to kill another 20 who had attended his funeral, witnesses said.
The Islamic extremist group Boko Haram began its insurgency in northeastern Nigeria in 2009 in an attempt to establish its radical interpretation of Islamic law, or sharia, in the region. At least 35,000 people have died and more than two million fled their homes due to violence concentrated in Borno state, neighboring Yobe.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu, who took office in May, has failed to end the security crisis plaguing both the northeast, northwest and central regions, where dozens of armed groups have been killing villagers and kidnapping to travelers to demand ransoms.
The first attack occurred in the remote village of Gurokayeya in Geidam, when gunmen opened fire on residents, killing 17 on Monday night, said Shaibu Babagana, a resident of the area. At least 20 others who attended his funeral were killed Tuesday by a landmine explosion, he added.
According to another resident, Idris Geidam, the assaults left more than 40 dead. The authorities might not offer an official number of victims, as is sometimes the case following attacks of this type.
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