Many villagers were terrified and were still hiding in surrounding bush, and those who came back did so to give funerals to those killed.
Boko Haram fighters killed 21 people when they stormed into a village in northeastern Nigeria and set it on fire, residents said Tuesday.
Villagers fled the attack, but returned on Tuesday to bury the dead left amid the charred wreckage of their homes. The village of Kuda lies in the Madagali district of Adamawa state, some 285 kilometres north of the state capital Yola.The attack is the latest in a long line of massacres carried out by Boko Haram in the area, who have hideouts in the dense forests nearby.
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