A handful of Nigerian soldiers went to hide in the bush as Boko Haram gunmen unleashed fresh attacks on churches in the Chibok area of Borno state on Sunday June 29, 2014. Residents said dozens of people may have been killed in the raids on villages roughly 10 kilometres, (six miles) outside of Chibok, but no one was able to offer an authoritative death toll and the military was not immediately available to comment.
 
A Chibok resident revealed that the attackers went to churches with bombs and guns. He equally informed that dozens of worshippers, including men, women and children were killed.

Enoch Mark, an outspoken Chibok leader since the April 14 kidnappings, revealed that they are under attack, and  cannot tell the number of dead bodies. "I was told the attackers burnt at least three churches to the ground." Mark further said that the military had not responded to distress calls after the attack began, "they just went and got a hiding place in the bush," he said.

While it was not immediately possible to verify the charge, if true, it would likely raise further questions about the military effort in the northeast, the epicentre of Boko Haram’s five-year deadly uprising.