Borno massacre: Death toll now 146

The death toll in Saturday’s Boko Haram attack on  Izghe Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State has risen to 146 with the recovering of 40 corpses in nearby bushes.

 The Agence France Presse had quoted the lawmaker representing the area in the Senate, Ali Ndume, as saying on Sunday that 106 people lost their lives when members of the sect laid a five-hour siege to the village which is largely populated by Christians.

But on Monday, some residents who were seen salvaging some of their property, claimed that they found many bodies with gunshot wounds and machete cuts.

 “We  recovered  about 40 bodies in the bushes here (Izghe). Some of them had deep machete cuts and wounds  that  must have been as a result  of gunshots,” one of them, who gave his name simply as Usman, said.

Usman, who lamented the level of destruction wreaked on the village, called for an end to the incessant attacks by the insurgents and for the Federal and Borno State governments to urgently provide   them with relief materials.

 20,000 have reportedly flee Adamawa, Borno Villages over attacks.

Source: Punch