Fifteen people were killed when Boko Haram attacked a remote village
in northeast Nigeria, opening fire and burning homes to the ground,
three residents told AFP on Tuesday.
The attack happened at about
13:00 GMT on Monday in Huyum, in the Askira-Uba district of Borno state
which locals say has been hit repeatedly in recent weeks by the Islamist
militants.
"The whole village was burnt by Boko Haram gunmen. We
lost around 500 homes," said Bukar Zira, who fled to the commercial hub
of Mubi in neighbouring Adamawa state as the rebels moved in.
Zira
said the insurgents surrounded the village and opened fire before
moving in, sprinkling petrol on homes, many of which are mud-brick with
straw roofs, then setting them alight.
"We
have so far lost 15 people and one was injured. People in the whole
village moved out to different parts of Borno and Adamawa," he added.
'Not a single home has been spared'
Another
resident, Peter Malgwui, said Boko Haram had mounted several raids
against neighbouring villages in recent weeks, looting food supplies and
homes.
"They completely burnt the whole village. Not a single home has been spared," he added, giving the same death toll as Zira.
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