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Boko Haram insurgents
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have killed 15 mourners and abducted many in Kwaple, a village near the Chibok Local Government Area in Borno State.
Our correspondent gathered that the attack occurred around 7 pm on Monday when they gathered in a funeral rite for a community member.
Confirming the attack, the Chairman of Chibok Local Government Area, Modu Mustapha, said, ?The terrorists attacked during a funeral, a lot of people were killed.?
A local source who pleaded not to be identified revealed that 15 people died, while many others were abducted.
?It was a horror experience when they came shooting. I was not there, but the information reaching me is that it was 15 people, mostly men, who died.
?They burnt an EYN church in the area, burned about five houses, and other properties,? the source added.
Meanwhile, efforts to reach the Spokesperson for the Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, for details of the attack and other surrounding information proved abortive as he neither picked up nor returned calls. (The PUNCH)
