Friday 20 September 2013

24 killed again in Boko Haram attacks in Borno, Yobe

No fewer than 22 people have been reportedly killed in Bulabulin Ngaura, along Maiduguri, Damboa road, about 50 kilometers away from the capital of Borno State.
Top security officer, who did not want his name in print gave the hint while speaking to some government officials in Maiduguri.
According to him, they attacked travelers along the highway, including some police officers who were escorting one of the bullion van.
It would be recalled also that less than 24 hours after gunmen attacked Benishekh in Borno, another group also attacked Yadin Buni town in Yobe State with heavy weapons, setting public buildings on fire and killing a soldier and the wife of a senior policeman, authorities said Thursday.
The attack on Wednesday was the latest carnage to hit the region, which has seen an upsurge in violence in recent days linked to attacks by Islamist extremist group Boko Haram.
Armed with Kalashnikovs, rocket launchers and home-made bombs, the Islamists stormed Yadi Buni in Yobe State around 10:00 pm, leading to a shootout with troops in which a soldier was killed, state police commissioner Sanusi Rufa’i said.
They set fire on a makeshift police station, the fire service, a local education office and the home of the divisional police head in the town, whose wife was burnt to death inside, Rufa’i said.
“Buni Yadi was attacked last night by Boko Haram insurgents.
“A soldier was killed in a shootout and the wife of the divisional police chief was burnt to death in her home”, he said.
Telecom towers in the town were also burnt by the Islamists, the police commissioner said.
It was the second time Buni Yadi was attacked by Boko Haram within few months.
Scores of people have been left dead in recent days from military raids or Boko Haram attacks.
The military claimed on Wednesday that a strike on a Boko Haram camp in the North-East last week left about 150 Islamists and 16 soldiers dead.
On Tuesday night, suspected Boko Haram members dressed as soldiers set up checkpoints in the Benishiek area, killing over 150 people and burning some 200 buildings.
Some residents put the figure of those killed in Tuesday violence at 54, but when the state governor visited Benishiekh, it was learnt that death toll is over 150.
The attacks as well as claims and counter claims regarding last week’s violence again raised questions over the four-month-old military offensive seeking to end a years-long insurgency by Boko Haram.

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