Borno: Boko Haram attacks Alagarno, kills 19 persons

Boko Haram sect attacked Alagarno village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State in the early hours of Wednesday, killing 19 people.

The sect members equally carted away food items after setting ablaze almost all the houses in the village.

Alagarno village is about 30 kilometers to Chibok town where about 275 female students of Government Secondary School were abducted by the insurgents, and about 117 kilometers from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.

A local, Mallam Umaru Saina, who spoke to DailyPost said a young woman in the village had been missing ever since the attack ended, fueling speculations that the insurgents may have taken her along.

“They destroyed everything we have and took our remaining food. The most painful thing is that they did not spare children. They killed a child, killed women and men”, he said.

Neither the police nor the army has commented on the incident as at the time of filing this report, but sources within the military said that already security operatives have been detailed to the area.