Tears Roll In Borno As 43 Lifeless Bodies Killed By Militants Are Buried

TEARS ROLLED AS 43 LIFELESS BODIES OF FARMERS, 30 OF THEM BEHEADED BY MILITANTS WERE BURIED TODAY IN BORNO

{ Photos Show The Lifeless Bodies Of People Killed By Militant Attack, During A Mass Burial In Zabarmari, In Jere Local Government Area Of Borno State, Northeast Nigeria.
30 Of Them Were Beheaded}

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Tears rolled today in Zabarmari, Borno State, Northeast Nigeria during the mass burial of 43 farmers killed in an attack by suspected Islamist militants, as security forces still search for dozens of people who are still missing.

Roughly 30 of the men killed were also beheaded in the attack, which began on Saturday morning in Zabarmari village in Borno state. Residents said a total of 70 people are feared dead.

While no group claimed responsibility, such massacres have been carried out in the past by Boko Haram or the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). They are both active in the region, where Islamic militants have killed at least 30,000 people in the past decade.

President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the killings and said “the entire country is hurt.”

In Zabarmari, dozens of mourners surrounded the bodies, which were wrapped in white burial shrouds and placed on wooden pallets, as clerics led prayers for the deceased.

One resident and Amnesty International said 10 women were among those missing.

Borno state governor Babagana Zulum, speaking at the burials, called on the federal government to recruit more soldiers, Civilian Joint Task Force members and civil defence fighters to protect farmers in the region.

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