Suspected militants killed 40 farmers in an attack on the Dumba community in Nigeria’s Borno State on Sunday, a senior state official said on Monday.<\/p>\n
Initial reports indicate the farmers strayed outside a security corridor set up by the military, venturing into an area known for insurgent activity and strewn with landmines, state commissioner of information Usman Tar said.<\/p>\n
The militants were believed to belong to the armed group Boko Haram and its offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), who have been waging a long-running insurgency in northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n
Security forced were looking for any farmers who had escaped the attack, Tar added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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