5/27/2015

B’Haram strikes again kills several in Borno

Firstclass newsline gathered thath the Boko Haram militants have
killed at least 43 people in a five-hour assault on the town of Gubio
in Borno State, witnesses toldReuterson Tuesday.
Thousands of people have been killed and several millions displaced in
a six-year Boko Haram insurgency that once saw the group control an
area the size of Belgium. But the Islamist insurgents have since lost
most of their gains to military counter-offensives.
The latest attack, which a military source said involved a convoy of
around 50 Boko Haram members storming Gubio, lasted for around five
hours on Saturday afternoon and ended about 9.30 p.m., local resident
Mallam Yusuf Mohammed said.
Details of such attacks often take a number of days to surface outside
of the affected areas due to poor telecommunications in the area.
Mohammed estimated that more than 400 houses had been burnt by the insurgents.
"They came, shooting, threatening to kill everybody. They set fire on
many houses, burnt down our peoples' vehicles and motorcycles. We lost
43 people including two children," Abubakar Mondama, leader of a local
vigilante group, told journalists.
Boko Haram has been driven out of nearly all the territory it captured
by a series of offensives waged by Nigeria's armed forces backed by
those from the neighbouring states of Chad, Niger and Cameroon in the
past few months. Remaining militants have retreated into the Sambisa
Forest.
Firstclassnewsline.net

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