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Yobe State Buries 34 Victims Killed by Boko Haram

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Yobe Boko Haram Victims

The Yobe State government, led by Deputy Governor Idi Barde-Gubana, has held funeral prayers for 34 people who were killed in an attack by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Sunday.

West Africa Weekly reported that Boko Haram militants attacked the village around 4 p.m.  when residents were returning from their farms, killing many villagers, mostly farmers, and setting homes and shops on fire.

Sources from the community said at least 87 people were killed in the attack, with some bodies still unaccounted for as they died in the bush, and the military could not find them. Another resident of Mafa reported that about 125 people were killed.

Of those killed, 34 were buried locally, and about 40 others were buried by their families, with more burials planned for the following day.

This attack is considered the deadliest in Yobe State since the Boko Haram insurgency began 14 years ago.

Residents stated that the attack might be a retaliation for villagers providing information to the military, leading to the killing of several insurgents in July.

Despite the government’s promises to tackle the insurgency plaguing the region, the situation keeps getting worse.

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Yobe: Terrorists Kill Many, Loot, Burn Houses And Shops

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