Boko Haram fighters have killed at least 55 people in Bale and Kayamla villages, two communities near Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
Residents who spoke with AFP said the insurgents also burnt several homes after looting them before proceeding to the outskirts of Maiduguri, where they were crushed by troops.
“They killed 30 people in Kayamla and another 25 in Bale,” a vigilante official, Abacha Zinnari, said.
