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Jihadists linked to the Islamic State group killed dozens of people in the latest of a flurry of bloody attacks in Borno,  local sources said Sunday. Inhabitants of remote Goni Usmanti village told AFP that fighters gunned down 38 people in a raid on Saturday and set a truck ablaze killing an unknown number of passengers. Separately, security sources and residents said the death toll from a second attack Saturday on the town of Monguno, 60 kilometres (40 miles) away, had risen to 15, including nine soldiers. The killings are the latest in a spike of assaults by fighters believed to be from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) faction after they massacred 81 people at a village in the area on Tuesday. Jihadists in pickup trucks on Saturday shot dead fleeing residents in Goni Usmanti after brief clashes with members of a local government-backed militia, sources said. “The insurgents killed 38 people, including six vigilantes who put up a fight before they were overpowered,” local self-defence group leader Babakura Kolo said. Resident Grema Nuwaisu gave the same toll and said the fighters had opened fire on a lorry loaded with traders, burning the vehicle and those inside. “We don’t know how many people were on the lorry which was full,” Nuwaisu said. “It was completely burnt, making it difficult to identify bodies. Only two passengers jumped off the truck and escaped.” The same group of jihadists was then believed to have carried out an attack on the strategic garrison town of Monguno in Borno several hours later. ALSO READ: ISWAP fighters kill 2 soldiers, 4 others in attack on Monguno, Borno Security sources and residents on Sunday raised the death toll from that assault from six to 15 as more bodies were discovered. “The number of those killed is now 15, including nine sodiers, a vigilante and five civilians,” said government-backed militia member Bukar Ari. He said several residents wounded by “stray bullets and shrapnel” were being treated at a clinic run by an international charity. Monguno — home to a key army base and tens of thousands of people displaced by the region’s decade-long insurgency — has been repeatedly targeted by jihadists. Residents said the assailants torched a  police station and government buildings before military jets launched air strikes against them. The Nigerian military wrote on Twitter Sunday that the army and air force had “successfully repelled” the attack on Monguno and killed 20 jihadists. It made no mention of any casualties among soldiers and civilians or of the attack on Goni Usmanti. The 10-year conflict in Borno has killed at least 36,000 people and forced two million from their homes. The Nigerian authorities have repeatedly claimed the insurgency has been largely defeated. ISWAP split from the Boko Haram jihadist group in 2016 and pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group. Vanguard News Nigeria. Kindly Share This Story:FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsAppPinterestShare Related ISWAP fighters kill 2 soldiers, 4 others in attack on Monguno, Borno June 14, 2020 Boko Haram raids military posts in northeast Nigeria January 3, 2019 Boko Haram attacks military bases in Borno, steal arms - sources June 3, 2019 All rights reserved. This material and any other digital content on this platform may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, written or distributed in full or in part, without written permission from VANGUARD NEWS. Download Vanguard News App.   Technical Feedback: whatsapp 08023469027   READ our Privacy-policy and cookie policy. READ ALSO: Nollywood abandoned me, laments Cossy Orjiakor Vanguard PROMOTED 2023 presidency: Why Tinubu, GAC dissolved Mandate Group, Justice Forum A genius from Nigeria found a way to get rid of parasites forever! Read! Detox Richest Man in Nigeria Exposes Millionaire Secret Daily News 1 Cup of This ... Will Burn Your Belly Fat Like Crazy! N.greencoffeeNG [Breaking] Obaseki's disqualification: We’ll not appeal outcome of unjust screening exercise... It’s taboo to sell pounded yam in Omupo community – Kwara Monarch Arthritis or Joint Pain? Doctor Says Do This First Thing Each… Motion free RASHEED SOBOWALE View all posts by Rasheed Sobowale → PREVIOUS POST Breaking: Pastor Ituah Ighodalo’s wife, ex-beauty queen dead Disclaimer Comments expressed here do not reflect the opinions of vanguard newspapers or any employee thereof.

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