EU condemns recent Boko Haram attacks

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At least 150 people have been killed in attacks this week by the Boko Haram militants, including scores of men praying in mosques.

“The attacks killing around 150 people in two villages in northeastern Borno State in Nigeria and targeting Muslim worshippers during the holy month of Ramadan are another attempt to destabilise the country and the region,” European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement.
“The EU stands with the Nigerian people and authorities in our common fight against terrorism,” she said.

Boko Haram fighters tried to take Maiduguri a number of times earlier this year before an army offensive drove them out of large chunks of territory.
The fighters have since resorted to deadly hit-and-run attacks on settlements and using suicide bombers.
They have intensified their strikes since Buhari vowed to crush them when he was sworn in on May 29.

Thousands of people have been killed and about 1.5 million displaced during Boko Haram’s six-year fight to create an Islamic state in the northeast of Nigeria.