Suspected Boko Haram members killed an unconfirmed number of people in an early morning attack on a village in remote northeast Nigeria on Sunday.

The Boko Haram gunmen surrounded the village of Izge, near the border with Cameroon, in Borno State, spraying it with bullets, setting off explosions and burning down dozens of houses.

The residents said that about 100 sect members invaded the village with sophisticated weapons, including Improvised Explosive Devices.

According to a resident,who spoke to Reuters by telephone, the bodies of the victims were left unburied as villagers fled for safety.

“As I am talking to you now, all the dead bodies of the victims are still lying in the streets. We fled without burying them, fearing the terrorists were still lurking in the bushes.”

Borno State Police Commissioner, Lawal Tanko, confirmed the attack but said he had no details of casualties. Another witness, Lawan Madu, said hundreds of residents had fled.

Last week, Boko Haram fighters in trucks painted in military colours killed 51 people in an attack on the Konduga Local Government Area in Borno.