Others • Created September 25, 2014 18:04

Boko Haram kill 20 in Borno communities

Suspected members of the Boko Haram between Wednesday and today killed 20 people at Shaffa and Shindiffu communities  of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state. Shaffa is  20 kilometres away from Azare, the headquarters of Hawul LGA in southern part of the state. Among those killed were  a pastor, whose name was given as […]

Boko Haram kill 20 in Borno communities
Boko Haram kill 20 in Borno communities

Suspected members of the Boko Haram between Wednesday and today killed 20 people at Shaffa and Shindiffu communities  of Hawul Local Government Area of Borno state.

Shaffa is  20 kilometres away from Azare, the headquarters of Hawul LGA in southern part of the state.

Among those killed were  a pastor, whose name was given as Eliud Gwamna Mshelizza  and a teacher at Government Girls Secondary School Shaffa.

Eighteen other people were also killed in the two communities while many others escaped with bullet wounds, witnesses said.
They said the terrorists also destroyed about ten churches in Shaffa and Shindiffu as well as a clinic, staff houses and  other facilities at  the girls school.

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