The death toll from an attack by jihadists linked to the Islamic State group on a village in northeast Nigeria has risen to 69, security sources and residents said Wednesday.
Fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province faction shot and ran over residents with vehicles in the assault on the remote village of Felo on Tuesday.
In response the authorities sent more than 100 militiamen and local hunters to help defend against the assaults. A community leader who asked not to be named said the attackers had mown down the 69 “men, and children” as they watched over their cattle at a watering hole outside the village.“It is an open field with nowhere to hide. They couldn’t escape, they couldn’t outrun the vehicles.”
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