At least 100 people have been killed in religious riots in Attagara, Aghapalwa and Gwoshe border communities in Gwoza Local Government Area of Borno State.
Christians and Muslims have been killing each other over series of attacks by the Islamic militants, Boko Haram.
No fewer than nine Christian worshippers were said to have been killed last Sunday by the Islamic militants during a service in Attagara village with many others critically injured.
According to reports, the youths in a spontaneous reprisal mobilised themselves and went after the terrorists, killing 37 of them.
However, following the reprisal, sources said some Muslim youths felt the Christian youths did not attack Boko Haram but other Muslims whom they alleged were members of the sect who had attacked and killed Christians and burnt their churches in Attagara Village.
Revenge attacks against the Christian youths led to the burning of the whole village and killing of over 100 villagers.
An elder and member of the community, Ahmed Mohammed Ahmed, told journalists in Maiduguri that Boko Haram members came about 1a.m., attacking the villages as a punishment for killing their members who had earlier attacked churches and communities in the area.
He, however, said that most of the villages in Gwoza were now divided along religious lines, as Christians living among Muslims had fled their homes to relocate to Christian dominated areas.
Muslims, living in areas dominated by Christians have also fled to Muslim dominated areas.
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