AFP reports that 14 Boko Haram fighters on seven motorcycles
raided Mairari village, 80 kilometres from the Borno state capital, on June 10,
Friday and took four women from their housed and slit their throats.
The victims were aged between 27 and 45. “They went into
four homes while residents were breaking their fast around 7:00 pm, brought out
the four women and slaughtered them,” Babakura Kolo, a vigilante in Maiduguri
told reporters.
“We believe the killings were targeted, the gunmen were from
all indications after the husbands of the women,” he added.
“They killed the women when they didn’t find their husbands”.
Musa Ari, another vigilante, also confirmed the development: “The general
feeling is that the women’s husbands either refused to accept Boko Haram’s
invitation to join their ranks or the group suspects them of passing
information about them to the authorities.”
Boko Haram has been blamed for forcing Nigerians to join its
fighters or get killed.
The deadly sect has kidnapped thousands of people,
comprising women and children who it used as conscripts, suicide bombers and
sex slaves.
The insurgents have killed
more than 20,000 people and displaced some 2.6 million since 2009.
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