By Maina Maina Ten (10) people, including four security personnel, were reportedly killed on boxing day during an attack by Boko Har...
By Maina Maina
Ten (10) people, including four security personnel, were
reportedly killed on boxing day during an attack by Boko Haram in Shaffa, Azare
and Tashan Alade villages in Hawul local government area of Borno State,
northeast Nigeria.
The attack in the northeast, which started in Garkida where
six people were killed and eleven persons persons on Christmas eve, prompted
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum to visit Hauwul local government
on Sunday to condole with the people.
Residents of the area said they had knowledge of the attack
on the 21st December, 2020 and informed the security agencies.
“They came in six gun trucks and burnt down five churches,
and many houses in our villages” Usman Audu said, adding “They also killed 10
people and injured many others. We all slept in the bush, including our aged
parents.”
He said the assailants went from village to village.
“In Azare they burnt a police station and killed two
policemen, a member of the civil defence and a vigilante,” Bulus James said.
“We recovered five dead bodies with gunshots on them from the bush, along with six women with gunshot injuries. They were all hit while trying to escape,” he added.
The attackers while at Tashan Alade forced residents to flee
into the mountaints.
“They burnt down three churches and houses; two people were
also killed in Azare,” Kanadi, a resident said.
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