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Nigeria's army is ordered to hunt down gunmen who killed at least 65 people at a funeral in the northeastern Borno region

The Nigeria's army has been ordered to hunt down gunmen who killed at least 65 people at a funeral in the northeastern Borno region.

President of Nigeria, Muhaamadu Buhari gave the order after the death toll from the insurgents attacks on the mourners in the region rose to 65. Aljazeera reported.

At least 65 people have lost their lives after suspected Boko Haram militants opened fire on a funeral in of Borno state. President Muhammadu Buhari condemned the attack, and ordered the air force and army to hunt down those who carried it out, Reuters reports.

Gunmen arrived on motorcycles and in vans at the village near the state capital, Maiduguri, on Saturday, eyewitnesses say.

A number of mourners were reportedly killed straight away, while others died trying to chase off the attackers.

There has been an increase in Islamist attacks across the region.

Local government official Muhammed Bulama said he thought the latest attack was in revenge for the killing of 11 Boko Haram fighters by the villagers two weeks ago.

Agence France Presse journalists at the scene said they saw burnt-out homes, and relatives collecting the bodies of those who were killed.

Tens of thousands of civilians have been killed and more than two million displaced over the past decade of conflict.

Boko Haram, loosely translated, means "Western education is banned" and promotes a version of Islam that forbids Muslims to take part in any political or social activity associated with the West. The group is fighting to overthrow the government and create an Islamic state.

It has been active not only in Nigeria, but also in the neighbouring countries of Chad, Niger and Cameroon.

Boko Haram has been notorious for kidnapping schoolchildren and attracted global media attention in 2014 following the abduction of almost 300 girls from a school in the town of Chibok, in Borno, the state where the militant group has been most active.

In 2015, it was ranked the world's deadliest terror group by the Institute for Economics and Peace.

Territory controlled by the group has declined in recent years and it has splintered into competing factions.

However, the Islamist militants remain active in the region, defying attempts by the army to bring the insurgency to an end.

President Muhammadu Buhari administration and the Nigeria Army have separately and severally claimed they have defeated the Boko Haram Terrorists but the insurgents intensifying their attacks in the region remain worrisome .

Buhari led administration is currently creating another religion terrorists with his refusal to obey three different court injunctions to free the Shiite leader but instead the military and the Police have been used to repressed and killed many of the members of the group known as the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN).

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