Normalcy is said to have returned to Gumsuri Village in Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State after gunmen reportedly killed 33 and kidnapped about 100 people.
It was gathered that the attack occurred last Friday, but the news made its way out after some of the survivors made their way to Maiduguri, the State capital.
Those kidnapped are said to be mostly women and children.
Although no one has claimed responsibility yet, the attack bore the hallmarks of Boko Haram, which abducted more than 200 women in April from a secondary school in Chibok, 24 km (15 miles) from this latest attack.
Maina Chibok, who did not witness the attack but is from Gumsuri and visited a family there shortly afterwards, told Reuters that the insurgents came in pick-up trucks and sprayed the town with bullets from AK-47s and machine guns.
“They gathered the people, shot dead over 30 of them and took away more than 100 women and children in two open-top trucks.
“Burials of many of the victims had already taken place, Chibok said.
A security source confirmed that more than 100 women and children had been abducted and 35 people had been killed, including the district head.
“They also burnt down a government medical centre, houses and shops,” Chibok added.
A youth vigilante from the area called Aliyu Mamman also told Reuters by telephone that there was no security presence to stop the militants, who stayed in the town all night before leaving.
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