Responding to the killing of more than 40 civilians by Boko Haram during an attack on farming communities in Borno state north-east Nigeria on 12 January, Isa Sanusi, Director of Amnesty International Nigeria,

ABUJA (Reuters) - At least 40 farmers were killed by suspected Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) militants in an attack on the Dumba community in Nigeria's Borno State on Sunday, Usman Tar, the state's commissioner of information said on Monday.

At least 40 farmers were killed in an attack by Islamic militants in northeast Nigeria’s Borno state, a government official said Monday. The attack Sunday was suspected to have been carried out by extremists from the Boko Haram group and its breakaway faction that is loyal to the Islamic State group in Borno’s Dumba community,

A government official in the northeastern state of Borno said at least 40 farmers were killed in a weekend attack. He called on the military to "track and deal decisively" with the perpetrators.