Additional 185 Women And Children Have Been Kidnapped By Boko Haram In Borno

The deadly Islamic sect, Boko Haram, has again abducted no fewer than 185 women and children, in a raid that left 32 persons dead. The attack took place in Gumsuri, north of Chibok, Borno State on Sunday 14 December 2014 but only just came to the open because of the lack of communication owing to the loss of telecommunication towers in the region caused by previous attacks by the brutal sect.

It was revealed that gunmen in pickup trucks attacked community burning homes and shooting men, before vanishing with the, women and children.

A local government official who refused to mention his name for fear of reprisal said, “They gathered the women and children and took them away in trucks after burning most of the village with petrol bombs.”

Meanwhile, a total of 116 Boko Haram members who attacked Amchide, a border town in Cameroon, have been killed, the Cameroonian army said on Thursday.

Residents told the BBC that the gunmen attacked Amchide on Wednesday, some arriving in two vehicles and many others on foot.

They raided the market area, setting fire to shops and more than 50 houses. News of the attack on Amchide and the killing of the 116 Boko Haram members came at the time news filtered out that men believed to be the sect’s members invaded Bintiri, a remote village in Borno, killing at least 33 people and abducting many more.

According to a survivor who spoke with BBC, the attack happened on Sunday but the news is only just breaking out after survivors managed to reach Maiduguri, capital of Borno state. He said Boko Haram militants seized young men, women and children from the village, after killing 33 of them.

He added that after the attack, he returned to the village where he helped in the burial of 33 bodies. His testimony was confirmed by a local official, who also didn’t want his name published.

The latest abduction validates reports that the insurgents regularly invade the northeastern states of Yobe, Borno and Adamawa, carrying out series of abductions that go unreported. More than 219 girls abducted in Chibok, Borno state, on April 14 have still not been released.