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Two Women Killed as Nigerian Soldiers Repel Boko Haram
[AnNahar] At least two non-combatants were killed when dozens of Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...fighters tried to storm a town in a remote area of northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... but were repelled by troops, locals said on Tuesday. The attempted raid on Gulak, in the Madagali area of the far north of Adamawa state, happened at about 7:30 pm (1830 GMT) on Monday and involved about 50 jihadists. "There was a shootout that lasted for almost half an hour," said Maina Ularamu, a former chairman of the Madagali local government area. "One of the (Boko Haram) pick-up trucks, which was laden with explosives, tried to get past the military checkpoint. Soldiers opened fire on it and it went kaboom!. "That caused a lot of casualties on the part of Boko Haram. One soldier was killed and two other women nearby also died from stray bullets." There was no immediate confirmation of the deaths from the Nigerian Army when contacted by AFP. Monday's assault is the latest in the Madagali area, which lies on the border with Borno state and near where Boko Haram had camps in the Sambisa Forest former national park. Last week, twojacket wallah'> Nigeria's military said late last year it had forced Boko Haram out of its camps in the Sambisa Forest but there have been reports the Lions of Islam have moved back in. They are also known to be hiding in the Mandara mountains to the east of Madagali, which form the border with Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... Suicide bombing is a constant threat to civilians. On Tuesday, up to eight people were maimed when four female bombers tried to get into the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. One detonated her explosives in a crowd on the outskirts of the city near Kaleri village. Two others blew up on farmland while a third was shot, civilian militia and police said. Posted by: trailing wife 2017-11-08 |
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