Nigeria: mass-burials seen after Boko Haram attack
FRIDAY 09 MAY 2014
A local trader who survived Monday's Boko Haram attack on a remote town in Nigeria says he saw mass burials taking place straight after the gunfire.
A 12-hour-long attack on Gamborou Ngala town in Borno state in the north east of Nigeria left at least 300 dead on Monday after gunmen suspected of being Boko Haram terrorists opened fire in a market before attacking local homes. The militants were said to have sprayed gunfire into the crowds at a busy market. They were then said to have moved into the town itself where they set shops and homes ablaze and gunned down residents as they tried to escape the flames.
