The death toll from "genocide" in Nigeria rises to 110
The United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, announced, in a statement, today, Sunday, that armed men on motorcycles launched a violent attack on male and female farmers in the village of Kushobi in northeastern Nigeria, killing 110 people and wounding many others.
Prior to the issuance of the United Nations statement on the death toll, Nigerian officials said that 43 farmers were slaughtered in rice fields by the terrorist organization "Boko Haram".
In a statement, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari condemned "the killing of these hard-working farmers at the hands of terrorists," adding: "The whole country is wounded as a result of the brutal killings."
The attack took place in a rice field about 10 kilometers from Maiduguri, the main city in Borno State.
Last month, 22 farmers were killed in their fields not far from that city.
The "mass massacre" took place simultaneously with the elections of representatives and regional advisors for the 27 districts in Borno state.
These elections have been postponed several times since 2009, given that "Boko Haram" and "ISIS" in West Africa have multiplied the bloody attacks and now control part of the territories.
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