At least 30 people were killed when suspected Boko Haram militants raided some villages in the volatile north-east Nigeria, a local vigilante said, AFP news agency reports. "Most of the victims were slaughtered and most of the wounded (had suffered) machete cuts," Mustapha Karimbe said.
Twenty others were injured in the attack that took place over the weekend in the villages of Warwara, Mangari and Bura-Shika in Borno state.
News of the raids is only emerging due to poor communication in the area.
The Islamist militants are said to have invaded the villages, hacking and slaughtering their victims before setting the villages on fire, AFP reports.
The area is near Buratai, the hometown of Nigeria's army chief Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai.
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