10 dead in Boko Haram attacks: witnesses

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen
killed 10 people who had fled their
homes to escape repeated attacks by
the insurgents, after hunting them
down in a nearby village, witnesses said
on Monday.
Residents of Krenuwa village fled to
nearby communities after a Boko
Haram raid last month that left seven
dead and saw the extremists raze a
military camp, police station and
several homes.
About a dozen militants stormed the
villages of Durwa and Maforo in the
Marte district on Sunday, where some
of them were seeking refuge.
"They came on motorcycles and
gathered people before singling out
their victims who moved in from
Krenuwa after it was attacked", said
Usman Ari, a Durwa resident.
"They shot six of them dead and
slaughtered four," said Ari, who fled to
the Borno state capital, Maiduguri,
some 100 kilometres (60 miles) away
after the attack.
After the attack in Durwa, where six
were killed, the suspected Boko Haram
gunmen stormed nearby Maforo and
killed four, said Hassan Goni, another
Durwa resident, who also fled to
Maiduguri.
"We are afraid they are going to come
back for more attacks which is why we
left, he added.
After the attack on Krenuwa village, a
counter-offensive by soldiers killed five
insurgents and captured five more.
Krenuwa resident Abba Kolomi said
Boko Haram had also killed six people
from the village who sought refuge
across the border in Chad.
The Marte district was one of the areas
where Boko Haram chased out the
government last year, forcing President
Goodluck Jonathan to declare a state of
emergency in the region and a military
offensive to crush the uprising.