Boko Haram
Boko Haram terrorists on Thursday night again attacked Damasak in Mobbar Local Government Area of Borno State.
It was gathered that some residential houses, shops, cars and other properties worth millions of naira were destroyed by the gunmen during the attack.
A military source disclosed that the troops of Operation Lafiya Dole stationed at super camp in the community with a combat aircraft of the Nigeria Air Force however repelled the attack.
He said the soldiers killed some of the insurgents with gun trucks and other weapons recovered.
The attack is coming barely three days the terrorists took over the military base in the community.
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Sources revealed that the gunmen stormed the community, shooting in all directions before ramming an explosives-laden pick-up truck into the military base.
A resident said the terrorists came in different groups and could not be counted.
He added that some Nigerian soldiers were killed while others fled into the bush.
“They came, hundreds of them, with guns, trucks and grenades and started firing from different directions. The soldiers ran away and left us on our own. They didn’t shoot at them (insurgents) at all. Though, some soldiers were killed but I can’t say how many,” he said.
It was learnt that the insurgents also set ablaze a Nigerian army tanker and some buildings in the military base.
Boko Haram and its offshoot, Islamic State West Africa Province, have killed thousands and displaced millions in North-Eastern Nigeria.
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