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Boko haram kill 52 in Borno

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11 years ago

January 27, 2014

Over 50 gunmen, yesterday, invaded Kawuri
District of Konduga Local Government Area of Borno state and set
ablaze over 300 residential houses, after killing a soldier, 51 civilians
and wounded several policemen.
Residents who sustained injuries during the attack are now receiving
treatment at the Konduga General Hospital and the University of
Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
Kawuri District is one of the big towns in Konduga,on Maiduguri-
Bama Expressway, which is about 60 kilometres from Maiduguri,
the state capital.
This is the second the town is witnessing terror attacks. The first was
in October last year, when Boko Haram terrorists clashed with
vigilante youth, popularly known as civilian JTF, which led to the
killing of 10 people including three members of the Civilian JTF, with
18 others injured and the burning of 48 shops and 200 houses.
*Boko haram
Vanguard gathered that the fresh attack on Kawuri town took place
at about 5pm, Sunday, when gunmen with AK47 rifles, Improvised
Explosive Devices and petrol bombs entered the community and
wreaked havoc before they fled into the Sambisa forest.
A survivor, Mallam Mustapha Modu said, he counted about 47 dead
bodies on Monday morning while several others sustained gunshots and
burnt wounds.
It would be recalled that in the last one week, 37 communities of
Kwaljiri, Kaya, Ngawo Fate, Limanti, Njaba, Yahuri, Mude, Wala
and Alau among others in Damboa, Konduga and Gwoza Council
areas have all been sacked by terrorists living displaced residents
taking refuge in neighbouring villages in Cameroon Republic and other
towns, including Maiduguri.