KANO/NIGERIA - Boko Haram fighters killed 21 people when they stormed a village in northeastern Nigeria and set it on fire, residents said on Tuesday.
The militants, packed into four trucks and flanked by gunmen on motorbikes, swept into the village of Kuda in northeast Nigeria's Adamawa state late on Monday afternoon, firing as they came.
"They opened fire on residents, killing 21 people," said community leader Maina Ularamu. "They burnt several homes.""Two-thirds of the village has been burnt," said resident Paul Waramulu, speaking to AFP by telephone from the village, giving the same toll of those killed.Many villagers were terrified and were still hiding in surrounding bush, and those who came back did so to give funerals to those killed, he added.
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