Boko Haram kills 14 in fresh attack in Maiduguri
14 people have been killed when the Boko Haram Takfiri terrorist group in a fresh attack in Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state.
Police said that two dozen people were also wounded in explosions and shootings overnight in the suburbs of Maiduguri.
“A total of 13 people were killed in the multiple explosions with 24 persons injured while one person died in the attack (shooting),” Borno police commissioner Damian Chukwu said, adding that militants also set several buildings on fire before they were repelled by police forces.
Witnesses said shootings and explosions lasted for around an hour in the southeastern and southwestern outskirts of Maiduguri, prompting thousands to flee their homes.
Borno has been the hotspot of attacks by Boko Haram since the Takfiri group launched its insurgency against the Nigerian government in 2009. Maiduguri, a city of more than a million, has been largely free of violence over the past two years as a result of a successful military operation against the militants.
