Terrorism: Gunmen Slaughter 44 In Borno village.

No fewer than 44 people were slaughtered on Tuesday night by some unknown gunmen at Dumba Village on the outskirt of Baga Town, Kukawa local government area of Borno State, Saturday Mirror has gathered. Sources told our our reporter yesterday that about 50 gunmen stormed the village which is few kilometers away from Baga and slaughtered 44 people.

Many people were also said to have been injured in the attack. It was gathered that the gunmen also set fire on some houses in the village. Baga is about 157 kilometers away from Maiduguri, the state capital and an area which had witnessed series of attacks through bombings and gunshots by terrorists. Our correspondent gathered that rescue workers have mobilised to the area from Maiduguri with the aim of providing medical services to the surviving victims.

The assailants were said to have removed the two eyes of some of the victims while some have their bodies decapitated. A rescue worker told journalists in Maiduguri that the village came under attack on Tuesday when some unknown gunmen stormed the settlement and killed many people when they were fast asleep.

‘’As I’m speaking to you now, Red Cross officials and the San Medicine Frontier are attending to the injured victims,’’ a rescue workers with a federal government agency who does not want to be named said. According to him, the village has been deserted and the people are now taking refuge at the Baga Central Primary School.

A source with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) who confirmed the incident to our reporter, said the agency have mobilised to the area to access the situation with a view to rendering humanitarian assistance to the injured victims and those who were psychologically traumatised in the attack. According to him, the agency will on Saturday(today) set up camp for the displaced at the Baga Central Primary School for the displaced victims. The spokesman of the Joint Task Force(JTF) could not be reached for comment on the attack on the village.

In an email response to our correspondent’s enquirty yesterday in Maiduguri, the media coordinator of the multinational joint task force in Baga, Lieutenant Haruna Sani, said: “I am right now in Adamawa for an assignment and due to the network problem, I have difficulty in reaching my HQ. I suggest you find out from DHQ (Defence), may be they are in the picture of the incidence.”

Since the dislodgement of insurgents from Maiduguri attacks in local government areas and villages have been on the increase. Early, this month 44 people were killed in Konduga council area when they were coming from the early morning prayer from mosques.