No fewer than 15 hunters have been killed in the bushes between Gubio and Mobbar Local Government Areas of Borno State by members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect.
Boko Haram kill 15 hunters in Borno
According to Vanguard, the incident has resulted to the scarcity of grasshopper, otherwise known as βFaraβ in Hausa, in the market within the state.
According to a source, the insurgents clashed with the victims in the bushes near Kareto community, north of the state.
The source revealed thatΒ β15 people were killed by terrorists while they were combing bushes around Kareto area to hunt grasshoppers.
βWhen the grasshopper hunters were in the bush, some group of terrorists suddenly appeared and started shooting sporadically, after which they killed one of the hunters before slaughtering 14 and fled without any arrest.
Confirming the development, Mrs. Hanatu Jauro who fries Fara in Maiduguri, said she had been finding it very difficult to get the commodity for sale, as one of her customers was among those killed in the ambush.