Al menos 65 personas han sido asesinadas por supuestos miembros armados del grupo yihadista Boko Haram durante un funeral en un pueblo cercano a la ciudad de Maiduguri, la capital del estado de Borno, en el nordeste de Nigeria, según ha confirmado este domingo el Gobierno local.
El ataque se produjo sobre las 11:40 horas (10:40 GMT) de este sábado, cuando los insurgentes abrieron fuego contra los asistentes a un funeral en el pueblo de Badu, a pocos kilómetros de la capital de Borno.
“Son 65 muertos y 10 heridos”, dijo a los medios el presidente del Gobierno de Borno, Muhammed Bulama, que explicó que una veintena de personas murieron en el ataque inicial al funeral, celebrado este sábado. El resto de personas fueron asesinadas por los yihadistas cuando intentaban huir.
Los heridos han sido trasladados a un hospital de Maiduguri donde reciben tratamiento.
El gobernador de Borno enfatizó en su compromiso con las agencias de seguridad para proteger las vidas de los habitantes de la región y condenó el ataque, que es uno de los más letales en lo que va de año.
Este viernes se cumplieron 10 años del primer ataque de este grupo yihadista, el 26 de julio de 2009, contra una comisaría en represalia por el arresto de líderes del grupo.
Cuatro días después, su líder espiritual, Mohameh Yusuf, que había fundado la organización en 2002, fue ejecutado por la Policía, y su sucesor Abubakar Shekau, dio un giro radical al grupo comenzando a atacar también a civiles, además de a las fuerzas de seguridad.
Desde entonces, el noreste de Nigeria sufre la violencia de Boko Haram, que lucha por imponer la sharía, la ley islámica, en el norte del país, de mayoría musulmana.
Durante su sangrienta campaña, que también ha salpicado a países vecinos como Chad o Camerún, el grupo ha asesinado a más de 27.000 personas, según Naciones Unidas.
El terror de Boko Haram
In a Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 file photo, onlookers gather around a car destroyed in a blast next to St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria after an explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Su...
A female student stands in a burnt classroom at Maiduguri Experimental School, a private nursery, primary and secondary school burnt by the Islamist group Boko Haram to keep children away from school in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, May 12, 2...
In a Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 file photo, medical officials try to treat a victim of a bomb blast at a Catholic church near Nigeria's capital at Suleja General Hospital in Suleja, Nigeria. An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christ...
This file image made available from Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2012, taken from video posted by Boko Haram sympathizers shows the leader of the radical Islamist sect Imam Abubakar Shekau. (AP Photo, File)
An anti bomb police officer collect soft drink can bombs recovered from islamic militants in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Police said Tuesday that members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram dressed in uniforms resembling those...
In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo taken with a mobile phone, a police officer walks past a burnt out shopping mall in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Abdulkareem Haruna)
In this frame grab from TV footage shot by the Nigeria television authority on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 but aired Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, shows people lying down (condition of people unknown) on a street in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP Photo / Nigeria Tel...
A partially burnt down communication tower destroyed by Boko Haram in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A radical Islamist sect claimed responsibility Friday for attacks on mobile phone towers which have crippled communications in Niger...
Weapons and ammunition along with police uniforms and bulletproof vests recovered from suspected Boko Haram sect members, put on display in Bukavu Barracks in Kano, Nigeria, Wednesday, March. 21, 2012. (AP Photos/Salisu Rabiu)
Burnt our cars are seeing at the business and skills center following gun battle and explosions by the Boko Haram sect, in Potiskum, Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP/Photo Adamu Adamu)
Burnt out school block following a gun battle and explosions by the Boko Haram sect in Potiskum, Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)
In this Wednesday, March 21, 2012 file photo, suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are detained by the military, in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria after an attack on a police headquarters, the home of a senior polic...
In this Wednesday, March 21, 2012 file photo, suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are detained by the military, in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria after an attack on a police headquarters, the home of a senior polic...
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Cuerpos de personas muertas en el ataque a un ayuntamiento de nigerianos de la etnia cristiana Igbo, en el depósito de cadáveres del hospital en Mubi, en el norte de Nigeria, el pasado 7 de enero de 2012.
In a Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 file photo, onlookers gather around a car destroyed in a blast next to St. Theresa Catholic Church in Madalla, Nigeria after an explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christmas Mass near Nigeria's capital Su...
A female student stands in a burnt classroom at Maiduguri Experimental School, a private nursery, primary and secondary school burnt by the Islamist group Boko Haram to keep children away from school in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, May 12, 2...
In a Sunday, Dec. 25, 2011 file photo, medical officials try to treat a victim of a bomb blast at a Catholic church near Nigeria's capital at Suleja General Hospital in Suleja, Nigeria. An explosion ripped through a Catholic church during Christ...
This file image made available from Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2012, taken from video posted by Boko Haram sympathizers shows the leader of the radical Islamist sect Imam Abubakar Shekau. (AP Photo, File)
An anti bomb police officer collect soft drink can bombs recovered from islamic militants in Kano, Nigeria, on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012. Police said Tuesday that members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram dressed in uniforms resembling those...
In this Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 photo taken with a mobile phone, a police officer walks past a burnt out shopping mall in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP Photo/Abdulkareem Haruna)
In this frame grab from TV footage shot by the Nigeria television authority on Monday, Oct. 8, 2012 but aired Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2012, shows people lying down (condition of people unknown) on a street in Maiduguri, Nigeria. (AP Photo / Nigeria Tel...
A partially burnt down communication tower destroyed by Boko Haram in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Friday, Sept. 7, 2012. A radical Islamist sect claimed responsibility Friday for attacks on mobile phone towers which have crippled communications in Niger...
Weapons and ammunition along with police uniforms and bulletproof vests recovered from suspected Boko Haram sect members, put on display in Bukavu Barracks in Kano, Nigeria, Wednesday, March. 21, 2012. (AP Photos/Salisu Rabiu)
Burnt our cars are seeing at the business and skills center following gun battle and explosions by the Boko Haram sect, in Potiskum, Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012. (AP/Photo Adamu Adamu)
Burnt out school block following a gun battle and explosions by the Boko Haram sect in Potiskum, Nigeria, Saturday, Oct. 20 , 2012. (AP Photo/Adamu Adamu)
In this Wednesday, March 21, 2012 file photo, suspected members of the radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, are detained by the military, in Bukavu Barracks in Kano state, Nigeria after an attack on a police headquarters, the home of a senior polic...