Boko Haram kills 8, abducts 4 women in Maiduguri

From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri

EIGHT people have been killed and four women reportedly ab­ducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents near Maiduguri, Borno State capital.

Boko Haram insur­gents struck at Bale Mamman in Jere Local Government Area about seven kilometres to Mai­duguri on Tuesday night, shooting and throwing explosive devices into the village from 6.30pm. The attack lasted till about 10pm, a military source said.

Many residents of Mai­duguri were thrown into panic even as many fled their houses. It was al­leged that the insurgents were targeting a mili­tary base in the city but a youth vigilance group later told Daily Sun that the insurgents were fir­ing into Bale Mamman, located in South-East of Maiduguri.

Sources said the mili­tary in conjunction with the youth vigilante quickly mobilised to the area to halt the attack. It was learnt that eight peo­ple were later discovered killed by the insurgents, who also abducted four women.

“Some of the villag­ers have already fled the community as soon as the shooting started,” says a vigilante member who did not want his name in print. The vigi­lante member said the military troops deployed to the village with Civil­ian JTF later stopped the insurgents’ attempts to kill and burn more hous­es in village.