[AnNahar] Suspected Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
gunnies killed 10 people who had fled their homes to escape repeated attacks by the bad boys, after hunting them down in a nearby village, witnesses said on Monday.
Residents of Krenuwa village fled to nearby communities after a Boko Haram raid last month that left seven dead and saw the turbans raze a military camp, cop shoppe and several homes.
About a dozen Death Eaters stormed the villages of Durwa and Maforo in the Marte district on Sunday, where some of them were seeking refuge.
"They came on cycle of violences and gathered people before singling out their victims who moved in from Krenuwa after it was attacked", said Usman Ari, a Durwa resident.
"They shot six of them dead and slaughtered four," said Ari, who fled to the Borno state capital, Maiduguri, some 100 kilometers (60 miles) away after the attack.
After the attack in Durwa, where six were killed, the suspected Boko Haram gunnies stormed nearby Maforo and killed four, said Hassan Goni, another Durwa resident, who also fled to Maiduguri.
"We are afraid they are going to come back for more attacks which is why we left, he added.
After the attack on Krenuwa village, a counter-offensive by soldiers killed five gunnies and captured five more.
Krenuwa resident Abba Kolomi said Boko Haram had also killed six people from the village who sought refuge across the border in Chad.
The Marte district was one of the areas where Boko Haram chased out the government last year, forcing President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
to declare a state of emergency in the region and a military offensive to crush the uprising.
A scorched-earth military response reclaimed the territory but deadly Boko Haram raids on towns and villages in the area have continued unabated.