AGAIN!!!! Boko Haram Kills 40 In Monguno, Borno State

At least 40 people are reported to have
been killed by Islamist militants in the
north-east Nigeria town of Monguno.
A local official told a BBC reporter in
Abuja that they had been slaughtered;
another resident said they were shot.
The killings are said to have happened
two days ago, but details are only now
emerging.
Monguno, in Borno state, had been
overrun and occupied by Boko Haram
fighters until they were recently driven
out by the Nigerian military.
At least 23 people died in the town last
month after a confiscated Boko Haram
bomb exploded during celebrations to
mark the successful military operation
against the Islamist group.
Eyewitnesses to the latest killings say an
unknown number of injured survivors
have been rushed to hospital.
The Nigerian army is also reportedly
carrying out a rescue mission to the
town.
Despite losing territory in north-eastern
Nigeria this year, Boko Haram still
controls a few areas.
According to Amnesty International, at
least 17,000 people, mostly civilians,
have been killed since the group
launched their violent uprising to impose
Islamic rule in 2009.
The group is still holding many women,
girls and children captive, including 219
schoolgirls it kidnapped from a school in
Chibok in April last year.
Source: BBCNews