Suspected Boko Haram insurgents killed two and injured six, mostly women and children in Mungle town Damboa Local Government Area, Borno, on Wednesday. This comes only two days after insurgents killed fourteen farmers by slashing their throats in Mafa, and three days after they killed two people in Kauji town, both also in Borno state.

Lawan Kolo, a resident of Mungle, whose three year old son was among the injured, said the attackers stormed the village at 12:30 pm while people were returning home from their farms.

“I don’t know their exact number, they came on bike and trucks and were shooting sporadically. I left my family and ran when I heard the gunshots, later I was told that my son was injured.”

“There are no security personnel in Mungle,” Kolo continued, “but later  members of the Civilian Joint Task Force and local Hunters came to our rescue – and they performed well.”

“I think they were looking for food, normally the rate of attacks increases at this time of harvest every year”.

“I don’t really know if my son will survive. He was brought to the hospital on a cart and he bled too much on the process,” said Kolo.

Bamodu Bosum a local hunter, who also confirmed the incident, said that the insurgents burnt houses and took away food. “We wanted to go after them, but they had already left when they realised that we were close by” added Bosum.