Feb. 5 (UPI) -- Boko Haram Islamist militants killed 75 Muslims in attacks on two villages in the Nigerian state of Kwara this week after locals rejected calls to surrender, regional officials said Thursday.
The 75 "were massacred" Tuesday after the Islamist militants told them to "surrender to extremists who preached a strange doctrine," Kwara Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRasaq said, as reported by the BBC.
Another official said 78 have been buried after the attacks and estimated another 170 dead bodies are to be recovered.
The killings happened in the villages of Woro and Nuku, and 38 others were taken as others fled the area while Boko Haram militants set fire to homes and shops in the villages, Kwara House Assembly member Saidu Baba Ahmed said.
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