Boko Haram Militants Kill Hundreds in Nigeria Revenge Attack

The Nigerian militant group that is terrorizing the country’s north just pulled off one of its bloodiest attacks yet.

Islamic militants aligned with Boko Haram slaughtered hundreds of civilians in northern Nigeria on Monday, witnesses and government officials say, in a string of attacks that targeted at least four villages

“We believed they came on a revenge mission,” one resident, Bulus Yashi, tells CNN. “It was a reprisal attack over the casualties Boko Haram suffered in the village in two previous attacks.”

“We are still trying to compile a toll of the dead as people on the ground are still counting the number of casualties,” Nigerian lawmaker Peter Biye said. Witnesses say at least 200 lost their lives, and its taken days to get the word out of the region as roads are dangerous and the militants have destroyed telecommunications towers in the region. Read more...