Armed groups kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria’s Borno State | Boko Haram News

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Officials say Boko Haram and ISWAP groups suspected of being behind the attacks on farmers in the Dumba region.

At least 40 farmers have been killed in an attack by armed groups in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, according to government officials.

Fighters from the Boko Haram group and ISIL (ISIS) affiliate in West Africa Province (ISWAP) were suspected of carrying out the attack, Borno State Governor Babagana Umara Zulum and State Information Commissioner Usman Tar said on Monday.

Tar said the groups rounded up dozens of farmers in Dumba on the shores of Lake Chad and shot them dead…



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