Thursday, March 19, 2015

Dozens dead as Boko Haram launches fresh attacks on Borno communities

Hundreds of suspected Boko Haram insurgents invaded Fuyi, Fatakol and other communities bordering Cameroon, Kala Balge and Gamboru Ngala local government areas of Borno state living dozens of people dead, houses destroyed after looting property including live stocks. Sources and witnesses have said.
Kala Balge and Gamboru Ngala are located south east of Maiduguri, the state capital which remained under the control of insurgents, until recently when Chadian troops dislodged them from their hideouts, but sources said, after retaking some of these communities, the troops advanced towards Dikwa town and continued their mission with none of Nigerian troops stationed in the captured communities if Gamboru Ngala.
The incident according to reliable source occurred at about 7am on Thursday when the insurgents in a coordinated attacks on the communities slaughtered over 13 people in Fuyi village near Gamboru Ngala, a border town with Cameroon Republic.
Sources revealed that the insurgents many in numbers armed with AK47 rifles, Anti Aircraft Guns mounted on some Hilux vehicles, with large number of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and locally made petrol bombs invaded the communities and wrecked havoc, before Camerounian troops responded gallantly.

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