18/06/2016
Arab Times
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YOLA, Nigeria, June 17 (RTRS): Boko Haram militants have shot dead 24 women at a funeral in Nigeria’s northeast, rampaging a village, setting houses on fire and shooting at random, witnesses and local government officials said on Friday.
The attack took place at about 5 p.m. (1600 GMT) on Thursday in the village of Kuda in Adamawa State. Resident Moses Kwagh told Reuters that people waited until three hours after the attack and had then counted 18 women’s bodies. Some women were still missing, he said.
A police source confirmed the attack but said it was not yet clear how many people had been killed. The military did not respond to a request for comment.
