There are indications that the Boko
Haram has attacked the Maiduguri Airport in Borno State. The attack, according
to unconfirmed reports has recorded several casualties as 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.
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