At least eight people were killed as Boko Haram militants clashed with soldiers. PHOTO: AFP
Boko Haram insurgents attacked the outskirts of Maiduguri in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, security sources said.
It was their second assault in a week on a city they hope to make the capital of a breakaway state.
At least eight people were killed as the militants clashed with soldiers, source said.
"There is heavy gunfire going on. Everybody is panicking and trying to flee the area," Idris Abubakar, a resident, said.
The insurgents, who arrived in several armed pick-up trucks and on motorcycles attacked three places in the south of Maiduguri at around the same time, a security source said. Troops backed by vigilantes had pushed them out of the southeastern outskirts of the city. Resident Babagana Lawan said a grenade fell on his house, killing his brother and two factory workers.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 2rd, 2015.
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