Witnesses say more than 50 militants descended on Kukawa village, firing on worshippers praying in mosques during Ramadan and moving on to houses
Nearly 100 people have been killed in an attack on mosques and houses in a village in north-eastern Nigerian by suspected Boko Haram militants, witnesses said on Thursday.
“The attackers have killed at least 97 people,” a local man from Kukawa village who gave his name as Kolo told AFP, saying he had counted the bodies.