18 Nigerian loggers killed in attack
1 day agoAFP
Boko Haram jihadists have killed 18 loggers in northeast Nigerian Borno state, local sources told AFP Thursday, as people displaced by jihadists struggle to feed their families amid worsening attacks.
Boko Haram and its rival Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) splinter group have increasingly targeted loggers, farmers, fishermen, herders and metal scrap collectors in the region, accusing them of spying on them and passing information to the military.
According to the sources, Boko Haram fighters on motorcycles rounded up a group of loggers who had gone into the bush outside the village of Abaram in the Bama district on Wednesday and opened fire on them.
"We recovered 11 bodies yesterday and seven more today, making a total of 18 killed in the attack," Ibrahim Liman, a member of an anti-jihadist militia assisting the military, said.
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