Boko Haram 'kills 18 in Kuda village in Adamawa

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Activist Islamist bunch Boko Haram has shot

dead no less than 18 individuals at a memorial service wake in

north-eastern Nigeria, authorities and witnesses

have said.

The activists raged into Kuda town in

Adamawa state on motorbikes and started shooting

on ladies and youngsters at the wake, a witness

said.

No less than 10 individuals were injured in the strike,

witnesses said.

The town is close Sambisa backwoods, where the

activists fled to a year ago subsequent to losing control of

urban ranges.

In December, Nigeria's Leader Muhammadu

Buhari said Boko Haram had been "in fact

vanquished", yet the gathering has kept on conveying

out attempt at manslaughter assaults in the north-east and in

neighboring states.

Nearly 17,000 individuals have passed on in the rebellion

dispatched by the aggressors in 2009 to make an

Islamic state, Reprieve Worldwide says.

Boko Haram initially:

Established in 2002, at first centered around

restricting Western-style instruction - Boko

Haram signifies "Western training is

prohibited" in the Hausa dialect

Propelled military operations in 2009

Thousands slaughtered, generally in north-eastern

Nigeria, hundreds kidnapped, including at

slightest 200 schoolgirls

Joined supposed Islamic State, now calls

itself IS's "West African territory"

Seized huge territory in north-east, where it

announced caliphate

Local power has retaken generally region

a year ago

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