Boko Haram attacks Nigerian village, killing 20

Islamist extremists have stormed a village in Northeastern Nigerian, killing 20 and leaving 25 others wounded.

Washington Post reported that the attack happens to be the first of its kind in the area. It happened when the villagers were preparing to break their Ramadan.

Witnesses said the fighters from the extremist group, Boko Haram, carried out the attack in Gajigana, where they entered the opposite side of the village from where Nigerian soldiers were posted.

“The shootings were sudden and intense; people began to flee in all directions,” said Ba’an Bukar, a member of a local civilian defence group.

He said many victims were too weak to flee after several weeks of fasting and temperatures had soared to 42 degrees on Sunday.

Boko Haram has been waging its insurgency for more than a decade in northeastern Nigeria.

Their rebellion has claimed more than 20,000 lives and left more than 7 million people in need of humanitarian assistance.