According to a Vanguard report, the death toll of a recent Boko Haram attack has risen to 160.
Reports abound that the terrorists attacked the Kukuwa-gari community in Yobe yesterday.
Residents of Kukuwa-Gari in Yobe State described how more than 150 of their relatives and neighbours drowned in a river fleeing militants who opened fire on the village on Thursday last week, while another eight were shot dead.
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A local official put the death toll at a much lower 50 while the Director of Defence Information, Colonel Rabe Abubakar, says reports of the incident were “untrue”.
A resident says six of the fighters positioned themselves by the river, blocking the only escape route, and opened fire on fleeing residents, forcing to them to jump into the water.
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