Boko Haram kills 15 in Borno town

 Suspected Islamist militants opened fire in a remote town in Borno State, killing at least 15 people, witnesses and a security source said.

The attack on Monday night targeted Kautikari, near the Cameroon border, just 10 kilometres from Chibok, where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted in April.

“They were about 20, well-armed. They came in four-wheel drive vehicles and some motorcycles. Initially, I thought they were soldiers,” a survivor, Jonah Umaru, said through telephone.

“The man running behind me was gunned down as I was fleeing. Afterwards, there were 15 people lying dead in the streets,” he added.

Suspected Boko Haram gunmen had kidnapped 172 women and children and killed 35 other people this month near the same area.