Boko Haram kills at least 60 in an attack overnight

Local officials say that the jihadist group Boko Haram killed more than 60 people in an overnight attack in the northeastern state of Borno in Nigeria.

On Friday night, the gunmen struck the village of Darul Jamal, a home of a military base on the borders of the Cameroon Nigeria, killing at least five soldiers.

The Nigerian Air Force said it had killed 30 militants in strikes after receiving reports on the raid in the village, as residents recently returned after years of displacement.

This attack comes amid emission in jihadist activity in northeastern Nigeria, with Boko Haram’s battles and competitors, the West African branch of the Islamic State Group, which increased the attacks.

More than 20 homes and 10 buses were destroyed in Darol Jamal, while at least 13 drivers and workers, who were working on reconstruction efforts in the city, said Reuters.

“It is very sad,” said Borno Papagana Zulum.

“The numerical force of the Nigerian army is not sufficient to contain the situation,” he said, adding that the newly established force called forest guards was appointed to strengthen security personnel in the besieged area.

The Nigerian Air Force spokesman Ehmeen Edwami said that the observation revealed that the fighters “flee north of the city towards the nearby bushes”, on Friday night.

“In a series of three accurate and consecutive strikes, the immunal terrorists were working decisively, which neutralized more than 30 rebels,” he said.

The army intensified operations in northeastern Nigeria this year, after the targeted attacks on its formations and formulations.

In April, the ruler Zulum warned that Boko Haram was returning After the fighters organized a series of attacks and took control of some parts of the country.

Borno was in a 15 -year -old rebellion center by the armed group, forcing more than two million people to flee their homes and killed more than 40,000.

At the height of her powers in 2015, Boko Haram took control of huge areas in the state of Borno before being beaten.

The battle against the militants became more challenging after the neighboring Niger withdrew its forces from a regional force established to treat the jihadist group.

Boko Haram gained international reputation in April 2014 when he was kidnapped More than 270 students From the town of Chipuk, also in the state of Borno.