At least 65 people killed in Boko Haram attack in Nigeria

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: Deutsche Welle

Suicide bombers attacked the village of Dalori, some 12 kilometers (7 miles) from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri, on Saturday night, burning down the entire village. Dalori is located near camps set up for people displaced by the Boko Haram insurgency in the country's northeast, now in its seventh year.

Local residents have claimed that at least 50 people were killed in the attack, while news agencies reported more than 65 victims. An official with the state emergency agency present at the scene said 12 bodies had been burnt beyond recognition.

"During the incident lives were lost while some people sustained injuries," said army spokesman Colonel Mustapha Anka. He added that the jihadists had arrived the village in cars and on motorcycles "before they started opening fire and burning houses" shortly after evening prayers.

Three female suicide bombers were also "intercepted and subsequently got blown up" during the attack. It was the third attack this week suspected to have been carried out by Boko Haram.


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Dalori Attack Death Toll Rises To 85

The death toll in the terrorist attack on Dalori village in Borno State, Nigeria’s North East region has risen to 85.

Sixty-two other people sustained injuries and are receiving treatment at the General Hospital in Maiduguri the capital of the state.

Most of those affected were fleeing women and children who ran into suicide bombers in a nearby village, an official of the National Emergency Management Agency said.

Earlier on Sunday, the State Emergency Management Ageny’s Zonal Coordinator, Mr Mohammed Kanar, told Channels Television that the death toll could rise, as other rescue organisations were involved in providing aid to the victims.

http://www.channelstv.com/2016/01/31/dalori-attack-death-toll-rises-to-85/

[msongs]

1. the never ending joys of religion nt

[oberliner]

6. Religion in general?

Or one religion in particular?

[malletgirl02]

2. Evil just evil. nt.

[LeftishBrit]

3. Horrible. A truly vicious and dangerus organization.

[uppityperson]

4. K&R for fundamentalist assholes

[oberliner]

5. Absolute evil

These people must be stopped somehow.

[Sunlei]

8. So much worse now their kids & grandkids have aged in and all they know is loot and pilliage.

[Quantess]

9. I wonder if the female suicide bombers included the kidnapped girls.

[closeupready]

10. Every time these stories happen, I want to comment, but the filth from others

makes me want to shower, instead, and I stay far, FAR away. Less so this thread than others (but even so, there is one borderline here). So whatever...