Konduga Attack: Death Toll Rises to 62, as Military Bombards Possible Boko Haram Hideouts

There is ongoing hunt for more corpses of victims of Tuesday's Boko Haram attack on Konduga, a Borno town even as the death toll Friday rose to 62.


The death toll   which was  51   Tuesday   rose to 57 on Thursday with four persons reportedly dead from injuries at University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital (UMTH). The figure further rose to 62 Friday as five corpses were retrieved from the troubled town surrounding bushes.

It was gathered that the residents of the troubled town continue to flee in their hundreds to Maiduguri, the state capital seeking refuge.
Speaking to journalists in Maiduguri, the District Head of Konduga, Zannah Masu Yale disclosed that five corpses were retrieved from surrounding bushes.

Masu Yale said some members of the Konduga Volunteer Group retrieved five more bodies in
the bush on Thursday; and buried them at the cemetery according to Islamic rites in the evening.
Details to follow