ICC Note:

Early reports estimate more than 300 innocents dead following the raze and arson of Nigerian border town, Gamboru Ngala, by Boko Haram Militants Tuesday night. Senator Ahmed Zannah has claimed the attack lasted roughly twelve hours, during which suspected members of the Islamic insurgency allegedly gunning down villagers attempting to escape the town-wide arson. The attack follows an announcement Tuesday that the U.S. is assembling a team of military and law enforcement to be deployed to Nigeria to assist in the ongoing manhunt for more than 240 girls abducted by Boko Haram.   

05/07/2014 Nigeria (AP) – Islamic militants killed many people in an attack on a border town in Nigeria’s remote northeast, a state government official said Thursday.

Shops and homes were set ablaze and razed in the attack Monday night on Gamboru Ngala, on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, Borno state information commissioner Mohammed Bulama told The Associated Press by telephone.

As many as 300 people were killed in the attack, according to local newspapers. The militants sprayed gunfire into the crowds of people at a busy market, that is open at night when temperatures cool in the semi-desert region, reported ThisDay newspaper.

Nigerian federal Senator Ahmed Zannah said the attack lasted about 12 hours, according to the newspaper. The insurgents set homes ablaze and gunned down residents who tried to escape from the flames, reported the paper.

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