A leading fisherman and a resident in the area, Abubakar Gamandi, narrated what happened to AFP, “On Monday around 4 pm (1500 GMT), Boko Haram attacked three villages on the shores of Lake Chad where they slaughtered 10 people, all of them fishermen.”
The account was confirmed by another local fisherman, Buhari Dan-Malam.
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He said,“Boko Haram gunmen
came around 4:00 pm and they attacked three villages (that are five
kilometres/three miles from Doron Baga). They slit the throats of 10
people.
The villages attacked were
Bundaram, where they killed four people, Fishdam, where they killed two
people, and Kwatar Mali, where they killed four people.
“Boko Haram decided not to
use guns so as not to attract the attention of soldiers from Baga. This
is why they used knives to slaughter their victims.
“In the last one month, residents in the Baga area displaced by
the Boko Haram takeover of the area in January have been returning to
some villages secured by the military to continue their fishing
business.
“They take their (fish)
catch back to Maiduguri (the state capital) to sell and make a living
because living in the IDP (internally displaced people) camps has become
difficult due to lack of food.”
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