Cameroonian troops have killed at least 70 people in North-East Nigeria
while chasing Boko haram members, the Associated Press news agency
reports. The troops entered Kirawa-Jimni village, a
Nigerian-Cameroonian border town in Borno state on Sunday Dec. 20th,
searching for members of the sect group
"We didn't know what was going on but the Cameroonian troops suddenly
appeared and began to ask us for Boko Haram terrorists. Before we could
say a word, they started firing.
That scared most of us and we began to run'said
Muhammed Abba, a resident of the village and deputy commander of a local
vigilante group in Gwoza told AP.
He said when people returned on Monday, they found 70 corpses littering
the ground. Cameroon's military has not yet commented on the
allegations.
Confirming the report, the Borno state spokesman for a civilian
self-defence group, Abbas Gava, said he received calls from residents of
Ashigashiya village near the border with Cameroon.
"They said the soldiers were in hot pursuit of the Boko Haram terrorists
who ran into Kirawa-Jimni. The soldiers did not waste time upon arrival
as they immediately opened fire on the villagers,'' he said.
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