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[h=4]86 dead as Boko Haram burns kids alive[/h]Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on Dalori village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees.
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Residents of Dalori, Nigeria surveyed the charred wreckage of their village on Sunday following an attack by the country's homegrown Islamic extremists, Boko Haram. (Jan. 31) AP
Women and children sit among burnt houses after Boko Haram attacks at Dalori village on the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeastern Nigeria on Jan. 31, 2016.(Photo: STRINGER, AFP/Getty Images)
Boko Haram militants shot people, firebombed huts<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and burned children to death in an attack<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that killed at least 86 people, according to officials.
The incident happened Saturday night in Dalori village near Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and at two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees.
The Vanguard<span style="color: Red;">*</span>newspaper reported that the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attack<span style="color: Red;">*</span>came despite claims by the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>government that the militants<span style="color: Red;">*</span>no longer had the ability to carry out such major<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attacks, other than<span style="color: Red;">*</span>through suicide bombings, after the military drove them<span style="color: Red;">*</span>out of towns and villages in the region last year. The paper<span style="color: Red;">*</span>reported that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>villagers mistook the extremists, who were dressed in camouflage, for soldiers.
Mohammed Kanar, the area coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency, said 86<span style="color: Red;">*</span>bodies were collected by Sunday afternoon.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Abba Musa of the State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>62 survivors were being treated for burns.
Survivor Alamin Bakura told The Associated Press<span style="color: Red;">*</span>that several of his family members were killed or wounded in the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the attack, which<span style="color: Red;">*</span>lasted<span style="color: Red;">*</span>for nearly four hours.
USA TODAY
32 dead in Nigeria blast blamed on Boko Haram
Three female suicide bombers blew themselves up, killing<span style="color: Red;">*</span>people who<span style="color: Red;">*</span>fled<span style="color: Red;">*</span>to the neighboring Gamori village, a soldier at the scene told<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>AP.
Other soldiers, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the press,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>told the news agency that troops arrived at Dalori<span style="color: Red;">*</span>but could not overpower the better-armed militants. They said the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>extremists<span style="color: Red;">*</span>only retreated after more troops arrived with heavier weapons.
USA TODAY
Nigerians relish new freedoms after reign of terror by Boko Haram militants
Survivors on Sunday said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>it took<span style="color: Red;">*</span>too long for help to arrive from<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Maiduguri, the military headquarters of the fight against<span style="color: Red;">*</span>the militant group, and that<span style="color: Red;">*</span>they fear another attack.
Boko Haram, which has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or ISIL,<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has<span style="color: Red;">*</span>killed about 20,000 people and driven 2.5 million from their homes over a six-year period.
Contributing: Associated Press
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