Yobe: B’Haram In Hilux’s and APC’s Attack Barrack, Bomb Bridge, Kill 8 and Abduct Islamic Cleric, His Wife and 3 others
Yobe: B’Haram In Hilux’s and APC’s Attack Barrack, Bomb Bridge, Kill 8 and Abduct Islamic Cleric, His Wife and 3 others
Insurgents suspected to be Boko haram
members today attacked Katarko village, killed eight people and
abducted a cleric, his wife and three others in Gujba Local Government
Area of Yobe State.
Katarko village is located exactly 21 kilometers south of Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state.Sources gave the names of the abducted Cleric and two others as Sheriff Ali, Goni Kolo and Ishak Alhaji Goni
Daily trust gathered that the attackers drove into the village in Many Hilux vans, motorcycles, Armored Tank with RPGs and attacked the military base in the area.
“They went straight to the only bridge linking other parts of Yobe to it Southern part and destroyed it, they shot eight people dead and abduct Malam Sherif, his wife and three other people” he said
The witness said that many people fled the town as the military unit in the area was dislodged by the assailants.
The town of Gujba is also under heavy attack by the insurgents.
Sources in the town revealed that there were sounds of gunshots and explosions currently renting the air in the town.
NewsRescue.com
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