Boko Haram kill 20 in northeast Nigeria attack

Gajiganna, which lies 50km outside Maiduguri, has been repeatedly targeted by Boko Haram. But the village had seen a lull in attacks since February when the militants killed a soldier and seized a gun truck in a raid on a military post. Nigeria

Boko Haram jihadists killed 20 civilians in an attack on a village in restive northeastern Nigeria as inhabitants prepared to break their Ramadan fast, residents and local security personnel said Monday.

“Boko Haram hit Gajiganna yesterday with RPGs and killed 20 people,” Babakura Kolo, a member of a government-backed anti-jihadist militia, told AFP.Injured resident Bukar Gaji said from hospital that his wife was killed and three children were seriously wounded when a grenade hit their house.

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