Boko Haram kill dozens of farm workers in Nigeria

Up to 43 slaughtered and a further six seriously injured, say anti-jihadist militia

Boko Haram fighters killed at least 43 farm workers and wounded six in rice fields near the north-east Nigerian city of Maiduguri on Saturday, anti-jihadist militia told AFP.

The assailants tied up the agricultural workers and slit their throats in the village of Koshobe, the militia said.