Dozens of residents in northeastern Nigeria have been killed in two separate attacks launched by Boko Haram Islamists , according to officials and residents . Scored of Islamist insurgents dressed in military uniforms stormed the Christian farming village of Izghe , in Borno state , late Saturday and opened sporadic fire on residents , killing at least 106 people in an attack specifically targeted at male residents . The gunmen , who arrived in the village riding in trucks and on several motorcycles , opened fire and hacked male residents they had assembled in the village square . They moved door to door in search of male residents who were hiding . The attack prompted an exodus of hundreds of panic-stricken residents of nearby villages to the neighboring Madagali district in Adamawa state . `` We suspect that the gunmen were members of Boko Haram . They have taken over the village , '' said Madagali local government chairman , Maina Ularamu.. The attackers looted businesses and food stores `` and loaded all their spoils into vehicles owned by residents and fled into the bush , '' said Ularamu . A survivor of the attack , farmer Barnabas Idi , said he scaled the fence of his house and crawled for about 40 minutes to safety . Idi said that security agents were not present during the attack . In the second attack early Saturday , suspected Boko Haram gunmen opened fire on Doron Baga , a fishing village along Lake Chad . `` They opened fire from all directions , forcing residents to jump into the lake in a bid to escape , and many drowned while others were gunned down , '' said Babagana Gwoni , a survivor of the attack . The gunmen looted fish and foodstuffs before setting houses on fire , Gwoni said . Lt. Col. Mohammed Dole , a military spokesman , confirmed the Doron Baga attack but declined to give details . `` We received report of the attack on Doron Baga , but we do n't have details because the area falls under the operational jurisdiction of the Multinational Joint Task Force , '' Dole said . The Multinational Joint task Force comprises troops from Nigeria , Niger and Chad and was set up in 1998 primarily to fight light weapons proliferation . Its mandate has been expanded to include combating the Boko Haram insurgency .
Boko Haram kills at least 106 people in an attack targeted at males , officials , residents say . In another village , some victims drown in Lake Chad as they flee Islamists ' gunfire . Boko Haram 's insurgency has left hundreds dead in northeastern Nigeria .