Boko Haram attacks Air force Base in Maiduguri
By Ndahi Marama
Suspected
Boko Haram terrorists, Monday morning, attacked the Composite Group Air
force Base and other places in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
The
siege which started at about 3am shook the town as sporadic gunshots
and other Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers fire were heard, with
ensuing airstrikes in Maiduguri and Jere metropolis till 8 am.
Sources
said during the attacks on the Air force Base and other targets,
including the Maiduguri International Airport, several people were
killed as the terrorists, numbering over 300 planted explosives in
targeted areas in the state capital.
Also
attacked are, the newly constructed trailer park, along Damaturu-
Maiduguri road, military check points, residential and public
buildings, which according to the source led to high casulities among
the terrorists and security agencies.
An eye witness who resides
in Gomari airport area, just few metres away to the Air force Base
said, ” I saw 5 military operational vehicles conveying dead bodies to
the hospital at about 6am, the dead bodies were suspected to be security
agents killed during the attack”.
It was also gathered that, over a hundred terrorists were killed by military airstrikes in the counter offensive.
Source: Vanguard
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