A gang of marauding Boko Haram insurgents who rode on camels killed and decapitated about eleven woodcutters in Bale, a remote village in Damboa County of Borno State last Sunday.
According to a source, the killers surrounded the site where the labourers worked. Pleas by the workers for their lives to be spared fell on deaf ears.
“We do not think any of them survived the attack. Their bodies were badly dismembered, and we found them in a pool of blood as all parts of their bodies were cut into pieces,” a member of a vigilante group in the community said.
Five labourers are still missing, and it is not yet certain whether they escaped during the horrendous attack or were abducted.
“Although five people are still missing, we are praying that those five should escape, and maybe when tension calms down, they will return to us to narrate what really happened. But for now, we don’t know if they escaped or were abducted too,” the source said.
Meanwhile, another source believed the loggers escaped during the siege.
“Some of the lucky loggers ran as fast as they could, even though they were pursued by the heartless Boko Haram terrorists,” he said.
“Why we also believe the others escaped is because camels don’t run as fast as horses, and more importantly, the victims are familiar with the terrain.”
The corpses have since been buried. Military men and vigilante groups are combing nearby bushes to apprehend the killers.
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