According to Premium Times report, six people were killed after soldiers in pursuit of Boko Haram insurgents attacked and completely razed homes, shops, grain silos and other structures belonging to villagers in Mundu village, Bauchi State.
In an attack that lasted two days, the soldier arrived the village, situated within the Lame-Burra forest reserve, on Saturday, December 6 in a convoy of about 20 vehicles, killed anyone in sight and burnt down the community.
Villagers, who returned on Monday to scavenge whatever was left of their belongings, told PT that they found the bodies of six people. Among them were two mentally challenged people, a blind man and two strangers passing by in a motorcycle at the time of the operation.
The remains of those killed had been buried, villagers said.
The Nigerian military wouldn’t comment for this story.
A Captain Olukoya, the spokesperson of the 33 Artillery Brigade, whose personnel allegedly carried out the operation, directed all enquiries on the matter at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.
Source: Premium Times
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