Local vigilantes, who are helping Nigerian army, have said that the deadly Boko Haram sect stormed a village near Maiduguri, killing at least four women.
AFP reports that 14 Boko Haram fighters on seven motorcycles raided Mairari village, 80 kilometres from the Borno state capital, on June 10, Friday and took four women from their housed and slit their throats.
The victims were aged between 27 and 45.
“They went into four homes while residents were breaking their fast around 7:00 pm, brought out the four women and slaughtered them,” Babakura Kolo, a vigilante in Maiduguri told reporters.
“We believe the killings were targeted, the gunmen were from all indications after the husbands of the women,” he added.
“They killed the women when they didn’t find their husbands”.
Musa Ari, another vigilante, also confirmed the development: “The general feeling is that the women’s husbands either refused to accept Boko Haram’s invitation to join their ranks or the group suspects them of passing information about them to the authorities.”
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