Boko Haram members block highway, shoot dead 19 people On 21-10-2013 Written by Olokede Olawale Suspected Boko Haram gunmen dressed in military uniform yesterday killed 19 people near Nigeria’s border with Cameroon in Borno State. A resident and a survivor, who confirmed the attack, said the motorcycle-riding gunmen armed with Kalashnikovs, blocked the highway near the town of Logumani, 30 kilometres from the border around 5:00 am. Besides shooting and hacking to death the 19 motorists, they also burnt three trucks, the witnesses said. “We have recovered 19 dead bodies from the scene of the attack by Boko Haram gunmen,” Musa Abur, leader of a civilian vigilante group in the area told French News Agency (AFP). “Five of the victims, who included two truck drivers and their assistants, were shot dead while the rest were slaughtered,” he said. He said the gunmen had attacked the border town of Gamboru Ngala near Logumani late on Friday but were repelled by soldiers and local vigilantes. A passenger who survived the attack gave a similar account. “We were asked to get out of our vehicles and lie face down by nine men dressed as soldiers who blocked the road around 5:00am,” the man who gave his name as Buba told AFP. “They shot dead five people and went about slaughtering 14 others before someone called them on the phone that soldiers were heading their way,” he said.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 10:54:02 +0000