Fresh Boko Haram attacks claim 28 lives in Borno

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Boko Haram appeared to be on rampage as the insurgents keep unleashing violence on innocent villagers, the recent being the killing of at least 28 people in separate attacks.
In Marte Local Government, north of Borno State  where the sect once had a camp before it was dislodged by the military, no fewer than 20 people were killed when the insurgents who were said to be fully armed invaded Kerenuwa.
There were conflicting accounts about the time of the attack but sources said the insurgents came to Kerenuwa on Thursday afternoon in large numbers, opened fire on residents and subsequently set houses ablaze.
“They raided the town  and proceeded to the major market and begun sporadic shootings into the direction of crowd, killing 20 people  and burnt most houses and shops in the town,” a source said.
A resident claimed there was no immediate response from the military troops around the area to repel the attack but a security source hinted that lack of communication in the area prevented the troops from receiving any alert about the attack, adding that residents in the area rely mostly on GSM services from neighbouring Niger Republic.
Also at Kimba in Biu Local Government, south of Borno, the insurgents raided the community, killing at least three people. Biu also shares border with Chibok, where over 200 schoolgirls were abducted by the insurgents on April 14.
No fewer than five people were also killed in another attack on a remote community near Chibok, bringing the total casualty to 28, sources said though there was no official confirmation from either the police or military in the state at press time.
Boko Haram has intensified attacks on communities in the rural areas in recent time as no fewer than 98 villagers have been killed in separate attacks by the insurgents in a week.