SBS News :Islamic extremist group Boko Haram killed 56 villagers in a remote area, the governor of Borno State of the region said, as the government warned that the extremists are trying to extend their violent campaignGovernor Kashim Shettima confirmed the attack in Baanu village during a meeting with the parents of the 219 girls abducted from a school in the region by the extremists last year.Thursday marked 500 days of captivity of the girls from a school in Chibok.”I want us all to understand that the Boko Haram crisis is a calamity that has befallen us, as the insurgents do not discriminate whether somebody is Christian or Muslim, neither do they have any tribal sympathy or affiliations,” Shettima said.”Just yesterday they killed 56 people in Baanu village of Nganzai local government.”He said the bodies of the dead were still littered on the village streets because everyone had to run for their lives, but gave no further details.Fleeing residents of Baanu village said they were attacked by Boko Haram on Friday night.
