[1] Gunmen suspected of being members of Boko Haram entered the village of Izghe, Borno State in the early hours of the morning and murdered 105 men and 1 elderly woman.
[4][5] This was part of a wave of attacks by Boko Haram in February 2014; the Konduga massacre took place on the same date.
"Killing over 100 people, the Boko haram are suspected in the attack of a small farming village, Izghe, in Borno, Nigeria.
"A survivor of the attack scaled the fence of his house and crawled for about 40 minutes to safety.
"In the choosing of churches as targets for bombings, many see an attempt to drive a wedge between Christians and Muslims and perhaps push Nigeria into a civil war fueled on both sides by religious extremism.