Suspected Boko Haram militants behead seven farmers in northeastern Nigeria

June 17 (EUROPA PRESS) –

A group of suspected militants from the jihadist sect Boko Haram beheaded seven farmers this week in the Nigerian state of Borno, in the northeast of the country.

The attack took place on Thursday in the town of Molai, five kilometers from the state capital, Maiduguri, as reported by the former Youth Commissioner Sainna Buba, now head of local security, to the newspaper ‘Premium Times’ this Saturday.

The seven farmers were buried Friday in an Islamic funeral.

The Lake Chad basin — on the border between Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon — is the scene of relatively frequent attacks by Boko Haram, which operates mainly in Nigeria, and its splinter group, the Islamic State in West Africa ( ISWA). Both groups have launched attacks in all the countries that share this border.