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In the final hours of year 2020 that nobody in this generation will ever forget, seven local hunters were killed when their vehicle stepped on a landmine planted by Boko Haram terrorists on the outskirts of Borno State. At the funeral, hundreds of mourners wept as the blood-drenched corpses of the hunters were lowered into the grave. A House of Representatives member, Ahmed Satomi who represents the area, said tearfully: “Last week it was the Zabarmari farmer that were buried in mass, today it is the Kayamla hunters. We can’t continue like this.”
•23 women, children rescued in Katsina
By Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja and Michael Olugbode in Maiduguri
Troops yesterday ambushed fighters of the Islamic State for African Province (ISWAP) on two Hilux vans mounted with anti-aircraft guns, leading to a gun battle that lasted 30 minutes in Tunkushe, 20 kilometres from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The fierce encounter came as 11 local hunters were killed by Boko Haram landmines while troops rescued 23 women and children in Katsina State.
The insurgents, wearing military uniforms, were ambushed by troops in Tunkushe.
A military source said the attackers were suspected to be from the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).
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NO fewer than seven hunters were blown apart on Tuesday by landmine about 30 kilometres away from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The landmine, which scattered the vehicles of local hunters searching for suspected Boko Haram members, who had rustled cows from communities in Jere Local Government Area of the state, also got 19 other hunters injured.
Both Senator Kashim Shettima, representing Borno Central in the Senate, and Ahmed Satomi, representing Jere Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, confirmed the incident on Wednesday.
Satomi said, “It was sad that seven local hunters were lost to a landmine with 19 others injured.”
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Landmine kills seven hunters chasing Boko Haram terrorists in Borno The hunters know the terrain better and they understand the tactics of the terrorists. If we don t give support to the local hunters and vigilante, very soon they would be discouraged and the terrorists would overrun our towns again.
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Seven hunters who were on the heels of Boko Haram terrorists Tuesday in Borno were killed after a landmine exploded, witnesses and officials said.
The hunters, who were recently given guns and vehicles to hunt insurgents, died after their vehicle stepped on a landmine planted by Boko Haram on a rough path near a village called Kayamla in Jere local government of Borno state.