βArmed men on motorcycles led a brutal attack on civilian men and women who were harvesting their fields,β Edward Kallon, the UNβs humanitarian coordinator in Nigeria, said in a statement on Sunday.
βAt least 110 civilians were ruthlessly killed and many others were wounded in this attack,β he added, noting that several women are believed to have been kidnapped.
βThe incident is the most violent direct attack against innocent civilians this year. I call for the perpetrators of this heinous and senseless act to be brought to justice,β Kallon said.
There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack, but the armed group Boko Haram and its splinter faction, the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), have carried out a series of deadly assaults in the area in recent years.
