article_snippet: At least 68 people, including children, were massacred by suspected Boko Haram militants as suspected Boko Haram militants attended morning prayers.
article_snippet: men and boys were targeted by gunmen after men and boys stormed Njaba in eastern Nigeria Nigeria before burning the remote village to the ground.
article_snippet: Nigerian troops have been struggling to control Boko Haram.
article_snippet: suspected Boko Haram militants destroyed homes and businesses with petrol bombs and shot anyone attempting to flee, 'especially teenagers and the elderly', her said.
article_snippet: Njaba is 20 kilometres from the town of Damboa, which was seized by Boko Haram last June, forcing thousands to flee, but later recaptured by troops helped by civilian vigilantes.
article_snippet: Boko Haram six-year insurgency to carve out an Islamic state in the northeast of Nigeria has killed thousands and displaced over 1.5 million people.
article_snippet: Boko Haram's six-year insurgency gained worldwide notoriety in April 2014 after Boko Haram's six-year insurgency members kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls from the town of Chibokin Borno state, the heartland of Boko Haram.
article_snippet: Boko Haram control a large area of Borno state and have also carried out cross-border raids in Cameroon, Niger, and Chad.
highlights_snippet: Armed militants stormed village of Njaba in eastern Nigeria at dawn .
  
highlights_snippet: Gunmen targeted men and boys before burning village to ground .
  
highlights_snippet: Boko Haram believed to be behind the attack in isolated community .
  