Boko Haram militants lining up elderly and shooting them inBorno

According to a report by AP, Boko Haram members are
turning their guns on elderly people, & killed about 50 of them
this week in a new tactic to instill more fear in some Northern
areas...
Residents from five villages say people too elderly to flee
Gwoza local government area are being rounded up and
taken to two schools where the militants open fire on
them. The villages are about 130 kilometers (80 miles)
southeast of Maiduguri, in Borno
"What they are doing now is to assemble the aged
people - both men and women ... and then they just
open fire on some of them," said Muhammed Gava, a
spokesman for civil defense groups in the area.
More than 50 people had been killed at Government Day
Secondary School in Gwoza, he said.
A villager who had fled said more elderly people are being
gathered and shot at Uvaghe Central Primary School. The
villager spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of
endangering his trapped parents.
Government officials did not immediately comment on the
reports.
Nigeria's military said soldiers are patrolling "in search of
terrorists" and "to verify abductions" Friday around the village
of Gumburi, where witnesses say extremists kidnapped at
least 185 people a week ago.
Nigeria's military and government have been criticized for
their failure to rescue 219 schoolgirls kidnapped from a town
near Gumburi in April.
In separate attacks Friday, witnesses said Boko Haram struck
at Damagum and Mamudo towns in Yobe state, bombing
government buildings, the police station and military barracks.
The extremists suffered a setback when they attacked soldiers
guarding a power station in Borno state, according to an
engineer who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of
reprisals. He said soldiers were warned in advance that the
extremists were advancing and engaged the militants in fierce
fighting that killed at least 70.
Extremists have killed thousands of people in a 5-year
uprising that has driven some 1.6 million from their homes.
Written by Haruna Umar for AP