KANO (Nigeria), June 11 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Militants killed 59 people during an attack on a village in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, a local official said.
Fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the village of Gubio in Borno state, leaving 59 locals dead, said local militia chief Babakura Kolo.
ISWAP, which split from Boko Haram in 2016, focuses on attacking the military but it has also been accused of increasingly targeting civilians. — NNN-AGENCIES
