The Nigeria Police has come out to
announce the death of five people in an attack by Islamists in Maiduguri,
yesterday.
Two witnesses, who asked not to be
named, said they heard cries for help at around 2:30 a.m. from a house in the
Jiddari Polo area of Maiduguri and later saw five dead bodies with what looked
like machete wounds.
“Five people were slaughtered today
but we can’t say who did it because they fled before security personnel
arrived,” police spokesman Gabriel Jibrin said by phone.
Separately, residents and a Reuters
witness said they heard a loud explosion and around 30 minutes of gunfire in
the town, close to borders with Niger and Chad.
Military and police said it was too
early to give any details on any casualties from the explosion and gun battle.
This is the third attack by the
terrorists in the region, this week.
Gunmen suspected of being members
of Boko Haram killed 13 local hunters who sell bush meat Islamist militants
disapprove of on Monday.
Suspected members of the Islamist
sect riding on motorbikes shot dead five people playing an outdoor board game
on Tuesday. Two others were wounded.
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