Boko Haram Beheads Seven People In Ngamdu,Borno State

Some arrested Boko Haram members

Boko Haram reportedly beheaded seven people yesterday in the remote town of Ngamdu, in Borno State.

According to AFP, the overnight raid targeted the town of Ngamdu, the area hardest hit in the Islamists’ five-year uprising.

AFP quoted a resident, Musa Abor, saying that when locals woke up, they discovered “seven people had been brutally killed,” The gunmen “slit their (victims) throats, just the way people slaughter goats,” he added.

The news agency also quoted state official, who pleaded anonymity as saying  that the bodies of the victims were decapitated, in the latest act of gruesome violence.

In recent months, Boko Haram insurgents have targeted reprisal attacks at locals who have fought alongside the military as vigilantes. An army officer in Borno, who also requested anonymity, said 15 Boko Haram fighters were killed in clashes in Ngamdu two weeks ago and the group had vowed revenge against the community.

AFP said those killed yesterday could not immediately be identified, as vigilantes and the defence ministry was not available to comment on the attack or the alleged beheadings.