DW: Nigeria: Islamic militant attacks in Borno kill dozens
At least 60 people are believed to have been killed in twin attacks in Borno state. Armed militants also attacked a UN humanitarian hub with rocket launchers, reportedly accusing them of being "non-believers."
Jihadists connected to the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militant group killed at least 20 soldiers and 40 civilians over the weekend in twin attacks in the restive northeast Nigerian state of Borno, residents and security sources said.
Inhabitants of remote Goni Usmanti village told French news agency AFP that jihadists linked to IS shot 38 people in a raid on Saturday and set a truck ablaze killing an unknown number of passengers.
Dozens of militants clashed with soldiers and members of a government-backed militia in Monguno near Lake Chad and in Nganzai, just days after militants killed at least 69 people in a village raid in Gubio. ISWAP claimed the two Saturday attacks, and the Gubio attack.
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Update #1: Islamic militants kill at least 60 people in north-east Nigeria (The Guardian/Reuters)
Update #2: 20 soldiers, 40 civilians killed in attacks Nigeria's Borno state (Al Jazeera)
WNU Editor: It looks like Boko Haram is far from over.
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