THE Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists have killed 15 fishermen, and left many others injured in an attack on the Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.
According to a local source from Kukawa, the terrorists who stormed the community around 11 pm on Sunday as the fishermen, embarked on night fishing at the lake.
During the attack, the terrorists who were said to have stormed the area armed with weapons, rounded up and arranged them in a queue before killing 15 of them, a source in the military revealed.
Some of the fishermen escaped with injuries and are currently receiving treatment at Kross Kauwa, a resettled community in Kukawa LGA.
Continuing, the military sources stated that each time the logistics supplies of the terrorists were intercepted, the terrorists retaliated by attacking the communities that were predominantly fishermen and farmers.
The 15 fishermen newly killed, brings to 30 total number of fishermen killed in the area between February and May 2024.
