Suspected Boko Haram gunmen kidnapped more than 100 women and children whilst killing 35 other people on Sunday during a raid in northeast Nigeria.
Maina Chibok, who comes from the remote village of Gumsuri where the raid occurred, was quoted by Reuters as sayingthat militants came in pick-up trucks and sprayed the town with bullets from machine guns.
A security source confirmed that over 100 had been abducted with the district head being one of those killed.
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