ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — A survivor hidden in a
tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the
screams of children among people burned to death in the latest attack by
Nigeria's homegrown Islamic extremists. Scores of charred corpses
and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday
night's attack on Dalori village just 5 kilometers (3 miles) from
Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the biggest city in the
northeast, according to survivors and soldiers.
The shooting and
burning continued for four hours, survivor Alamin Bakura said, weeping
on a telephone call to The Associated Press. He said several of his
family members were killed or wounded. The violence continued as
three female suicide bombers blew up among people who managed to flee to
neighboring Gamori village, killing many people, according to a soldier
at the scene who insisted on anonymity because he is not authorized to
speak to journalists.
It was not known how many scores of people
were killed because bodies still were being collected, including from
the surrounding bushes where the insurgents hunted down fleeing
villagers, according to Abba Shehu, a security guard helping collect
corpses.
Boko Haram has taken
to attacking soft targets, increasingly with suicide bombers, since the
military last year drove them out of towns and villages in northeastern
Nigeria. The 6-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes.
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