DHAKA: Boko Haram gunmen killed 48 fish vendors in Nigeria's restive Borno State, near the border with Chad.

The head of the fish traders association told the media on Sunday, reports The Straits Times.

‘Scores of Boko Haram fighters blocked a route linking Nigeria with Chad near the fishing village of Doron Baga on the shores of Lake Chad on Thursday and killed a group of 48 fish traders on their way to Chad to buy fish,’ Abubakar Gamandi said.

BDST: 1712 HRS, NOV 23, 2014