22 CHURCH WORSHIPPERS MASSACRED BY BOKO HARAM IN ADAMAWA

A set of the Boko Haram fighters, armed with guns and explosives,
on Sunday killed 22 worshippers at a church service in Waga
Chakawa, Adamawa State.
Witnesses toldReutersthat insurgents set off bombs and fired into the
congregation in the Catholic Church in a village in Adamawa State.
They said the insurgents also burnt houses and took residents
hostage during the four-hour siege.
The spokesman for the Catholic Diocese of Yola, Rev. Father Raymond
Danbouye, said those killed were buried at a funeral on Monday.
In the last one week, over 100 persons have been killed in attacks
by members of the terror group. These attacks, according to the
United Nations, led to 6,000 persons fleeing to neighbouring countries
like Cameroon and Niger Republic. On January 14 for instance, a car
bomb exploded in Maiduguri, killing about 70 people. Communities like
Kwaljiri, Kaya, Ngawo Fate, Limanti, Njaba, Yahuri, Mude, Wala and
Alau in the Damboa, Konduga and Gwoza Local Government Areas have all
been sacked by the terrorists.