14 Farmers Killed in Nigeria by Boko Haram Jihadists

On Tuesday, Boko Haram targeted woodsmen, herders, and fishermen, accusing them of spying and passing information to the military.

Members of a government-backed militia said that Fighters from the Boko Haram jihadist group killed 14 farmers in restive northeast Nigeria.

The sources told AFP that insurgents on Monday seized 15 farmers working on their fields in Ngwom village, 14 kilometres (nine miles) north of the region’s main city Maiduguri, and cut their throats.

The insurgents captured the farmers as they tended to their crops during the early afternoon, giving them no room to escape, said another member Ibrahim Liman who gave the same death toll.

At least 36,000 people have been killed in the jihadist conflict which displaced around two million from their homes since 2009.

The violence stormed into neighbouring Niger, Chad, and Cameroon, prompting a regional military alliance to fight the militants.