KANO: Militants killed six people including two Christian priests in Nigeria on Friday in the latest assault to hit the region, western media reported.
AFP reported that attackers in three trucks and on foot attacked into Mashaya neighbourhood on the outskirts of Geidam town, Yobe state, broke into houses and shot the victims.
Sources said that two people were shifted to hospital with gunshot injuries from the attack in the area. The militants also set fire to four houses and two vehicles before retreating into the bush, said inhabitant Abubakar Adamu who visited the site following the attack.
Attack Kills Six in Nigeria
Geidam has been repeatedly targeted by both the Boko Haram militant group and rival ISWAP group. Earlier, on November 1, twenty mourners were killed when their vehicle struck a mine planted by militants as they were returning from the funeral the militants killed two days earlier in an attack on Kayayya village near Geidam.
The region of Mashaya has suffered heavily from the violence, including deadly attacks on villages, army bases, markets and schools. In April 2022 militants killed around 11 people in assaults on bars and a college in Geidam.
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In 2021 militants seized the town for several days, killing many people and looting shops before setting them on fire, prompting inhabitants to flee. The militancy has raged in northeastern Nigeria since 2009, killing over 40,000 people and displacing about two million.
