Sixty-eight people were killed by Boko Haram in a village in the northeastern Nigerian state of Borno.
Official government sources state that most village residents managed to escape from the attack, and that they found the bodies upon returning home.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is forbidden" has killed an estimated 20,000 people in the past six years. A new government was elected in March on the platform of stamping out the Islamist group, but has faced difficulty in its goal.