Attack On Borno Damboa Village Leaves About 100 Dead About a hundred people may have been killed in a deadly assault on Damboa town in Borno State, northeast Nigeria, less than 24 hours after an initial raid of the area by gunmen. The town, which is just about 90 kilometres from the capital of the state, Maiduguri, where there are reports that the attackers suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect hoisted a black and white flag after the attack that occurred on Saturday. Survivors of the earlier attack, which took place on Friday on the town, were trying to bury their dead after the insurgents were said to have fired propelled grenades and lobbed homemade bombs into homes. People who tried to escape were shot down while most of the buildings razed by the suspected terrorist group members. Residents of nearby villages and towns are said to have started fleeing their homes after the deadly Saturday attack which looks like the insurgents may have taken over the town. Several villages in the state have been attacked by suspected members of Boko Haram who are demanding an Islamic State and an end to western education in the region. The Nigerian government had deployed personnel of the Armed Forces to tackle insurgency in the northeast region where three states – Adamawa, Borno and Yobe – have been under State of Emergency rule for over one year. In one of the attacks on a town in the state, Chibok, over 200 girls were abducted from a school dormitory. Since they were taken in April 14, there have been series of protests demanding for intensified efforts from the government in the rescue operation that had been on for over three months. The Nigerian President, Goodluck Jonathan, had continued to reassure Nigerians that the war against the terrorist group would be won.
Posted on: Mon, 21 Jul 2014 06:31:06 +0000
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