Borno is situated in northeast Nigeria.A map of Borno, a state in north-east Nigeria. Suspected Boko Haram fighters have killed at least forty farmers in Borno state, Channels Television can report. An unspecified number were also taken away by the criminals. The farmers were waylaid on their way to their rice farms which they were harvesting before the surprise attack happened. The attack occurred around Marrabati and Hammayya villages, near Zabarmari in Jere local government of Borno state on Saturday morning. Civilian Joint Task Force sources say sixty of the farmers were gathered before the assailants shot at close range