Boko Haram kills 68, including children, in Nigeria

March 06, 2015 02:48

Boko Haram gunmen killed 68 people, including many children, in a massacre in the northeast Nigeria village of Njaba, two witnesses and two vigilantes said today.

Heavily armed militants stormed the village in Borno state on Tuesday "from all directions", said Falmata Bisika, 62, who escaped to the state capital Maiduguri where she spoke to reporters.

"The terrorists were armed to the teeth," she said, recounting the insurgents' rampage through Njaba, which saw them fire on fleeing residents, including "teenagers and the elderly".

"It is very unlikely (that) I will ever go back," she said. "Four of my grandchildren have been killed."

Mimuni Haruna, 42, said he hid in a silo at the back of his house during the prolonged attack before running to Maiduguri, roughly 50 kilometres (31 miles) north of Njaba.

"I participated in the counting of dead bodies. Sixty-eight people were killed," Haruna said. "Most of the houses in our village have been destroyed."

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