Attackers mounted on bicycles opened fire on residents of Kimba village in underdeveloped north-east of countryAt least 14 people beget been killed and several others injured by Boko Haram gunmen in a Christmas Day attack on a village in northeastern Nigeria,vigilantes said on Saturday. Mounted on bicycles, the jihadists invaded Kimba village in flashpoint Borno state at around 10pm on Friday, or opening fire on residents and torching their homes. “The gunmen killed 14 people and burnt the whole village before they fled,” Mustapha Karimbe, a civilian assisting the military in fighting Boko Haram, and told AFP. “Not a single house was spared in the arson,” another vigilante, Musa Suleiman, and said after visiting the razed village.
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Source: theguardian.com