Boko Haram slaughter 27 fishermen  in Cameroon

 

By: Zagazola Makama

 

No fewer than 27 fishermen were slaughtered and 3 others abducted by the Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah 

lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād, Boko Haram terrorists group in the fringes of Lake Chad in the border between  Cameroon- Nigeria. 

 

It was gathered that terrorists  suspected to be from the Buduma faction of Abou Ummaymah, attacked a local fishing community harboring most fishermen from Nigeria at Island Kofiya near Darak  in the Republic of Cameroon.

 

Intelligence sources told Zagazola Makama that they  asked them to lie down before they started slaughtering  them. While they opened fire on others, killing them instantly. 

 

The sources said the terrorists also abducted four other fishermen after accusing them of spying for the  ISWAP faction



The bodies of the fishermen  were later recovered during a search and rescue operation by their colleagues who received the news from victims who fled the attack scene.





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