Boko Haram militants killed 20 people in Sabon-Kasuawa in Borno state, allegedly because residents had informed security forces about militant activities. Militant “Fulani herdsmen,” who have recently begun attacking the state and have killed hundreds of people in Kaduna, Plateau, Benue, and Nasarawa states, bombarded Wukari in Taraba state, forcing residents to flee; at least 50 people were killed. Despite the military’s claim that many of the more than 100 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram have escaped their captors, school authorities and parents say that 115 are still missing; one of the militants was reportedly captured.
