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[h=4]Survivor claims Boko Haram burned kids alive in attack that kills 86[/h]Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on Dalori village and at two nearby camps housing 25,000 people.
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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)
Members of the radical Islamist group Boko Haram burned<span style="color: Red;">*</span>children alive as part of an<span style="color: Red;">*</span>assault<span style="color: Red;">*</span>in Nigeria that killed 86 people, a survivor of the attack alleged.
The incident happened Saturday night in the village of<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Dalori in northeastern Nigeria. Two nearby camps housing 25,000 people who have fled Boko Haram were also attacked.
The<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Associated Press<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said it spoke to a survivor who said he watched Boko Haram extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children burning to death. Survivor Alamin Bakura told the AP<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.
A soldier<span style="color: Red;">*</span>at the scene told the AP that three<span style="color: Red;">*</span>female suicide bombers blew themselves up as part of the assault, but there was little information about the sequence of events that led to the deaths of the children.<span style="color: Red;">*</span>USA TODAY was unable to verify the account.
Mohammed Kanar, the area coordinator of Nigeria's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>National Emergency Management Agency, said 86<span style="color: Red;">*</span>bodies, many of them charred and riddled<span style="color: Red;">*</span>with bullets, were collected by Sunday afternoon.
Abba Musa of the country's State Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri, the largest city in the area, said<span style="color: Red;">*</span>62 survivors were being treated for burns.
Nigeria's<span style="color: Red;">*</span>Vanguard<span style="color: Red;">*</span>newspaper reported that the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>assault<span style="color: Red;">*</span>came after<span style="color: Red;">*</span>claims by the<span style="color: Red;">*</span>government that Boko Haram<span style="color: Red;">*</span>militants<span style="color: Red;">*</span>no longer had the ability to carry out such major<span style="color: Red;">*</span>attacks<span style="color: Red;">*</span>other than<span style="color: Red;">*</span>through suicide bombings. Nigeria previously had said that its<span style="color: Red;">*</span>military drove the extremists<span style="color: Red;">*</span>out of towns and villages in the region last year.
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Soldiers<span style="color: Red;">*</span>who spoke to the AP<span style="color: Red;">*</span>on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the news media<span style="color: Red;">*</span>said government<span style="color: Red;">*</span>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.
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Nigerians relish new freedoms after reign of terror by Boko Haram militants
Boko Haram<span style="color: Red;">*</span>has pledged allegiance to the Islamic State<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>also known as ISIS or ISIL<span style="color: Red;">*</span>—<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and<span style="color: Red;">*</span>killed about 20,000 people<span style="color: Red;">*</span>and driven 2.5 million Nigerians from their homes over a six-year period.
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