Nigeria, May 17 -- Suspected Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) insurgents, have killed at least 15 farmers in the Baga area of Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State.

The killers were reported to have moved to Baga after running away from military operations in the Sambisa forest.

Local sources said the farmers left their community on Wednesday for their farms and fishing sites when they encountered the insurgents.

Thee insurgents reportedly took the farmers to Malam Karanti, a village believed to be under the terrorists' control, and slaughtered them.

"Our people have been killed by Boko Haram. As I speak, we are yet to recover the bodies but we were told they are more than 15," a source in Baga said.

He said reside...