Boko Haram militants on Friday slit
the throats of 11 alleged "traitors," witnesses said in the
first news of desertions from the Nigerian Islamic extremist
group.
The militants arrived before dawn and went door to door in
northeastern Miringa town, said resident Muhammad Kimba.
"They actually dragged out 11 persons to the Eid praying
ground outside the town and slaughtered all of them," said
Kimba.
It is the fifth attack in a week that left 173 people
killed as Boko Haram Islamic extremists appear to obey an
Islamic State group order to step up attacks in the holy month
of Ramadan.
Boko Haram became the ISIS group's West Africa franchise
earlier this year.
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