UN ‘appalled’ by twin jihadist attacks in Nigeria
A large number of soldiers and civilians are actually reported to have been killed found in twin attacks by Islamist militants found in north-eastern Nigeria's Borno status.
Fighters attacked Monguno, a good garrison area where UN and other help employees are based, and a village in Nganzai.
The UN said it was "appalled" by the raids that came days after at least 81 villagers were killed in Gubio.
A Boko Haram faction calling itself the Islamic Condition in West Africa (Iswap) says it really is behind all three attacks.
The splinter group declared its loyalty to the Islamic Status group four years ago.
At least 20 soldiers and more than 40 civilians are thought to have been killed in both attacks.
People from Goni Usmanti village in Nganzai told the AFP media organization that militants shot dead 38 persons and set a pickup truck on fire with passengers inside.
Security sources and occupants said at least 15 people, including nine soldiers, died found in Monguno community, which is approximately 60km (37 miles) away.
Militants armed with major weapons including rocket launchers found its way to Monguno, a basic for most international non-governmental organisations, on Saturday morning hours, overrunning government forces found in the area.
In a statement, the UN confirmed that "non-state armed group operatives" entered Monguno in the later morning.
"More than a few" civilians, including a four-year old lady, were killed, it stated, while at least 37 additional civilians were injured.
Although vehicles were collection ablaze and an unexploded missile found outside the house the key humanitarian facility, it had been not seriously damaged.
"Protective security procedures deployed at the humanitarian hub prevented any injury to the over 50 aid workers who were found in the facility at the time of the attack," the UN said.
Reports say a huge selection of civilians were injured in Nganzai and the local hospital was first overwhelmed, forcing some of the injured to lie outside awaiting help.
The militants then distributed letters to residents, in the neighborhood Hausa dialect, warning them not to work with the army or international aid groups, the BBC's Chris Ewokor reports from the capital, Abuja.
Iswap will not usually aim for civilians unless they are working with Western aid agencies, or perhaps suspected of providing facts to the army.
