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Boko Haram jihadists attacked the Nigerian city of Maiduguri in the volatile northeast, killing 16 people including nine children.

Boko Haram kills 10 in Borno On Kindly Share This Story: Boko Haram jihadists on Tuesday killed 10 people and injured 21 others with mortar shells in Borno state capital,  Maiduguri, local militia and residents told AFP. The insurgents fired two volleys of explosives on the city, hitting the densely populated Adamkolo and Gwange neighbourhoods, they said. “We have six dead in Adamkolo and four others in Gwange from the mortar explosions,” militia leader Babakura Kolo told AFP. “The explosives were fired by Boko Haram terrorists from Kaleri on the outskirts of the city,” he said. At ...

AFP Wednesday. Officials said previously 10 people were killed and 47 were injured in Tuesday’s attack when jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades on the densely-populated city. Boko Haram has previously made incursions into Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, using heavy guns and suicide bombers. “The death toll has risen to 16,” Babakura Kolo, the leader of a self-defense militia, told AFP. In one of the neighborhoods affected, Gwange, nine boys were killed when one of the explosives landed in a field where they were playing football, Kolo said. “Initially four died but five...

Boko Haram jihadists attacked Nigeria\'s city of Maiduguri in the volatile northeast killing 16 people, including nine children who were playing foo...

Spread the love (AFRICAN EXAMINER) –No fewer than 10 people  have lost their lives in Boko Haram recent attack and several people injured in different degrees with mortal shells in Maiduguri Borno State Capital This was disclosed by local militia and  residents  of  the state They  stated  that  insurgents fired two volleys of explosives on the city, hitting the closely populated Adamkolo and Gwange neighbourhoods,  “We have six dead in Adamkolo and four others in Gwange from the mortar explosions,” militia leader Babakura Kolo told disclosed. “The explosives were fired by Bo...