The jihadists, packed into four trucks and flanked by gunmen on motorbikes, swept into Kuda in northeast Nigeria’s Adamawa state late on Monday afternoon, shooting down villagers as they ran away.
When survivors returned on Tuesday to bury the dead left amid the smoking ruins of their homes, they counted 21 people killed. Later, the villagers said they found the bodies of nine more people in the surrounding forest, murdered as they tried to escape. “They were pursued and shot dead as they tried to flee into the bush,” resident Paul Waramulu told AFP on Wednesday.“The total number of the recovered bodies is now 30,” said Simon Damina, a villager on the search team scouring the bush. “The toll may increase, as we are still searching for more bodies.”The attack is the latest in a long line of massacres carried out by Boko Haram in the area, who have hideouts in the dense forests nearby.
The violence has spread to neighbouring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, prompting a regional military coalition against the jihadists.
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