Less than five people have been confirmed dead in attacks carried out by Boko Haram militants in two villages in northeastern Nigeria.
On Wednesday, residents of Tohya and Wurojene, located 13 and 14 kilometers from Borno State's Chibok respectively, said their villages had been attacked by the militants, dressed in military uniforms.
"They opened fire on the two villages and threw petrol bombs into our homes, forcing us to flee…” Tohya community leader Zamani Emma said.
Another resident said the attackers came from Sambisa forest, where Boko Haram Takfiri militants have camps.
On June 9, the militants attacked and took control over the Borno state villages of Biita and Izghe.
Reports from June 9 also show that militants dressed in military uniforms abducted 22 girls and young women in a village near Borno State’s town of Chibok.
This comes almost two months after the Boko Haram abducted over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok.
The government of Nigeria has been under pressure to locate the kidnapped girls.
Borno residents have faced almost daily raids in 2014, with reports saying that over 2,000 people have been killed since the beginning of the year.
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