article_snippet.sent: Once a crowd had gathered around a crowd, Cold-blooded jihadis opened fire  using handguns and assault rifles before setting fire to nearby houses that were filled with unsuspecting families.
article_snippet.sent: adding that houses were set on fire.
article_snippet.sent: Some people were being treated for gunshot wounds and burns .
article_snippet.sent: Still there: A boy is photographed yesterday walking past a burnt house and car in N'Gouboua, near Lake Chad in Chad, which was attacked by Islamist group Boko Haram earlier in the year .
highlights_snippet.sent: Once a crowd had gathered, the militants opened fire with assault rifles .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: the militants then set about setting fire to houses filled with unsuspecting families .