BREAKING NEWS:Boko Haram invades Maiduguri, residents killed by explosions

News reaching firstclass newsline says that Maiduguri, the capital of
Borno State, came under the attack of Boko Haram militants on Saturday
morning as the terrorists stormed the town with bombs and heavy
shootings.
Five residents reportedly died during the attack while the casualties
among the militants has yet to be ascertained.
Unconfirmed reports also claimed that 10 persons were killed in the
areas that were attacked.
A member of the youth vigilance group, who spoke on the condition of
anonymity in an interview with firstclass newsline crew on Saturday,
said some insurgents attempted to invade the troubled town at about
12.50am on Saturday from the Ajilari Cross and Bintu Sugar areas of
the town.
He said the soldiers quickly responded and engaged them before they
could advance and overrun the town.
The source added that the fight lasted for about two hours, subsiding
at about 2.50am.
"The insurgents were successfully repelled after the heavy shelling,
gunshots and explosions. They fled into the dark towards the direction
they came from," he said.
He could not however ascertain the number of casualties.
A resident of Gomari, part of Maiduguri, which is in the same
neighborhood with Bintu Sugar, Ibrahim Iliya, who spoke to firstclass
newsline crew on the telephone, said five residents of the area were
killed in the attempted invasion.
Iliya said a stray bullet killed a man who was sleeping in the open as
a result of the harsh weather.
He also disclosed that four people were killed in a house which was
affected by the explosion in the area.
Firstclassnewsline.net