MAIDUGURI, Nigeria: At least 25 people were killed in two separate militant attacks in northeastern Nigeria’s Adamawa state, local sources said on Thursday.
The attacks in the towns of Madagali and Hong in the border region with Cameroon, were attributed to Boko Haram militants, whose fighters have been active in the area since the group began its violent insurgency in 2009.
“Gunmen we believed to be Boko Haram on many motorcycles … attacked the market. They opened fire on people and killed 21,” a Madagali local government official said about the Tuesday evening attack, on the condition of anonymity.
“We are still searching for more bodies as some might have died in the bush from gunshot wounds while trying to find safety.”
The attackers also looted a market and stole food items and motorcycles, the source said.
