Military Collaboration: 3 Dead as Boko Haram Attacks
About 3 people have killed after suspected Boko Haram fighters stormed a village in northeast Nigeria on the suspicion of collaborating with the military. A group of jihadists stormed Kalari Abdiye village, in the Konduga area of Borno state, between 2:00 am and 3:00 am (0100-0200 GMT) on Saturday.
Three locals had their throats cuts while the fourth was left severely wounded, according to a member of the civilian militia assisting troops and a military officer.
The gunmen identified themselves as being from the Boko Haram faction headed by Abu Musab Al-Barnawi, which has vowed to hit military and government targets, the militia member said. “They singled out the four men whom they accused of collaboration with the military.
They accused the men of passing information to the military,” he added, asking not to be identified. “The gunmen took the men outside the village where they slaughtered three of the men.” Long-time Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq in March 2015, at a time when it was losing captured territory to government forces.
