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| Boko Haram extremists firebombed huts and killed villagers during the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic terrorists, according to a survivor who said he heard the screams of children as they burned to death while he hid in a tree. | Boko Haram extremists firebombed huts and killed villagers during the latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic terrorists, according to a survivor who said he heard the screams of children as they burned to death while he hid in a tree. |
| Survivors and soldiers said scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets after Saturday night’s attack on Dalori village, three miles (5km) from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko Haram and the biggest city in the country’s north-east. | |
| The shooting and burning continued for four hours, Alamin Bakura told the Associated Press. He said several members of his family were killed or wounded. | The shooting and burning continued for four hours, Alamin Bakura told the Associated Press. He said several members of his family were killed or wounded. |
| The violence continued as three female suicide bombers blew themselves up among people who managed to flee to neighbouring Gamori village, resulting in multiple deaths, according to a soldier at the scene who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to journalists. | The violence continued as three female suicide bombers blew themselves up among people who managed to flee to neighbouring Gamori village, resulting in multiple deaths, according to a soldier at the scene who insisted on anonymity because he was not authorised to speak to journalists. |
| The death toll was unknown because bodies were still being collected, including from the surrounding bushes where the insurgents hunted down fleeing villagers, according to Abba Shehu, a security guard helping to collect the dead. | The death toll was unknown because bodies were still being collected, including from the surrounding bushes where the insurgents hunted down fleeing villagers, according to Abba Shehu, a security guard helping to collect the dead. |
| Boko Haram has recently been attacking soft targets, increasingly using suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in north-eastern Nigeria. | Boko Haram has recently been attacking soft targets, increasingly using suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them out of towns and villages in north-eastern Nigeria. |
| The six-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes. | The six-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes. |