Boko Haram terrorists fire several arsenals into Maiduguri, many feared killed

    Most residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital had a sleepless night as suspected Boko Haram insurgents freely fired dozens of arsenals into residential areas using rocket propelled grenades (RPGs).   Many civilians are feared killed by the RPG bombs that landed and destroyed houses of civilians, witnesses said.   Thunderous sound of […]

 

 

Most residents of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital had a sleepless night as suspected Boko Haram insurgents freely fired dozens of arsenals into residential areas using rocket propelled grenades (RPGs).

 

Many civilians are feared killed by the RPG bombs that landed and destroyed houses of civilians, witnesses said.

 

Thunderous sound of blasts began around 12.25am  and went on till around 3.30am, making it difficult for people, especially those living in the outskirts of Maiduguri to sleep.

 

Residents, including those that were directly threatened by the onslaught could not flee because of the existing curfew imposed on Maiduguri.

 

Sources said the terrorists had wanted to enter Maiduguri through the bushes around Damboa in the south-western part of the state capital but could not succeed.

 

They therefore promptly deployed RPGs.

 

About seven people were killed by one of the RPG bombs at Dala suburb, behind Gomari area, along Maiduguri-Damaturu road, witness Khalil Ahmad said.

 

Another witness, Yusuf Sani, said one civilians was also killed by the RPG bomb at another house at Gomari while unspecified number of people were killed at another house near Ngazargamo Cinema.

 

“The  terrorists wanted to enter Maiduguri through Dala Alamdari because there was no way they could come in through any of the recognized highways,” a top security source said.

 

“And the trenches that we dug around the whole of Maiduguri also served as serious impediment for them to move with their vehicles and arms. They therefore tiptoed from the bushes and fired several RPG bombs into residential areas.

 

“We confronted them frontally for over three hours and all is now well,” the source said.