'Dozens killed' in Boko Haram attack on Nigeria villages

A local member of parliament confirmed the attacks and said that at least five other villages had been targeted. The Nigerian military has also denied reports that some of its men had been charged with helping the militants. Boko Haram has waged an increasingly bloody insurgency since 2009 to create an Islamic state in Nigeria. Residents in the village of Attagara, close to the Cameroonian border, said that armed men ordered them into a church compound. They said they were led to believe the men were from the Nigerian military. Eyewitnesses said the men then opened fire on the crowd. Nigerian MP Peter Biye told the BBC that there had been several similar attacks in the area and that many houses had been destroyed.