UN condemns Borno killings, demands probe, justice

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The United Nations has condemned the killing of 63 people, including soldiers, in Daral-Jamal, a community in Bama local government area of Borno State, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.

The Darajamal attack is the latest in a series of violent assaults in Borno State, the epicentre of the Boko Haram insurgency that began in 2009.

The conflict has claimed over 35,000 lives and displaced more than 2 million people, according to the United Nations and humanitarian agencies.

Borno, along with neighbouring Adamawa and Yobe states, remains under frequent threat from Boko Haram and its splinter group, the Islamic State West Africa Province.

These groups often target rural communities, security forces, and humanitarian workers, using tactics such as ambushes, suicide bombings, and abductions.

In a statement released on Sunday, the UN Humanitarian Coordinator, Mohamed Fall, asked the Nigerian authorities to arrest the perpetrators of the attack.

The statement read, “I am deeply appalled and saddened by Friday’s reported killing of dozens of civilians in Darajamal Village, Bama Local Government Area (LGA), in Borno State in north-east Nigeria. Civilians should never be a target! Punch