Boko Haram militants have kidnapped about 200 people, including men, women and children in the village Gumsuri, BBC quoted one survivor said.The attack occurred the day 14/12 but the information has been notified after the survivors to the city of Maiduguri, Borno state capital.
Abba Musa, a surviving villagers estimated 172 insurgents kidnapped after the tally Gumsuri village head, Reuters said.
The attackers shouted "God is even religious" and shootings. "My sister and her seven children were arrested," Musa said. "We ran into the bushes and survived. Not much luck as we". At least 33 people were killed in the incident.
Meanwhile, a security source confirmed rebel group has abducted more than 100 people and killed 35 people, including the head of the county.
Chibok Maina, who did not witness the attack on the village to visit family but even then, the rebels said the victims transported by truck. "They also burned a medical center of government, many houses and shops," said Chibok.
Aliyu Mamman, local civil defense, said the security forces did not appear to prevent the rebels.
Information from remote areas of Nigeria, which can not be contacted by mobile phone, sometimes it takes several days to be known.
"The government is outraged and deeply saddened by this terrible act," government spokesman Mike Omeri Nigeria said in a statement. "Boko Haram continues to choose and always cowardly civilians to spread their terror." There are no groups claimed responsibility for the attack, but officials said that Nigeria's Boko Haram culprit.
Boko Haram, which means "Western education is sinful", has become the most dangerous threat to Nigeria. Rebels abducted in April every 200 girls at a school in Chibok, just 24 km from Gumsuri. A man claiming to be Abubakar Shekau, the leader of Boko Haram, last month rejected a negotiated release of the hostages of the government, said he was "married the girl" for the commander of the group rebels.
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Location city of Maiduguri. Graphics: BBC.
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