Lagos,
Nigeria
At least
30 people, including a pregnant woman and a baby, are dead after suspected Boko
Haram militants set fire on sleeping travelers in Borno state, Nigeria, the
governor's spokesman told CNN.
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| Burnt cars from the scene of the attack |
The
attacks happened in Auno village, about 20 kilometers from the capital
Maiduguri at around 10 pm Sunday night, the Borno State governor media aide Isa
Gusau told CNN.
They
burned 18 vehicles, including trucks laden with food products, and other goods
that were to be taken into markets in the city the following day, Gusau told
CNN.
Images
from the scene of the incident showed charred bodies lying beside burned
vehicles.
Resident
Shehu Tanko told CNN the bodies of a pregnant woman and her baby were among
those recovered from the carnage. News of the attack was released after Borno
State governor visited the area Monday afternoon.
"They
burn everywhere. The fire was still on till this morning. We are still looking
for many people around here," Tanko said.
News of
the attack was released after Borno State governor visited the area Monday
afternoon.
No one
has claimed responsibility for the attack but Boko Haram militants have fought a decade-long war in the
region-- burning down villages, attacking military checkpoints and kidnapping
residents -- amid repeated claims by the government that they have been
defeated.
The Boko
Haram insurgency has displaced tens of thousands of residents and 112 Chibok schoolgirls kidnapped by the group's militants
in 2014 are still missing.
Nigeria's
President Muhammadu Buhari told African Union's security council meeting in
Addis Ababa on Monday that his government was working to secure the release of
all children and citizens held by terrorists.
''It is
for this reason that the Nigerian government has severally condemned, and is
combating frontally the dreadful activities of terrorist groups like Boko Haram
and the so-called Islamic State," Buhari said in a statement.
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