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| Boko Haram Kills Two in Nigerian Displaced Camp |
| 2019-07-27 |
| [AnNahar] Two people were killed and several wounded when Boko Haram fighters raided a camp for people displaced by the jihadist conflict in northeast Nigeria, emergency services said Friday. Dozens of Islamist militants on motorcycles and two motorised rickshaws stormed into Dalori camp on Thursday, shooting people and looting food supplies after overrunning a nearby military base. "We have recovered two dead bodies from the attack which also left several IDPs (internally displaced persons) with injuries," said Bello Danbatta, head of security in the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA). "The insurgents looted and burnt shops in the camp and also carted food supplies from the main store where food aid is stored," he said. Dalori, about 15 kilometres (nine miles) from regional capital Maiduguri, houses about 50,000 people in makeshift dwellings. The jihadists attacked the camp after pushing out soldiers at a nearby military base in a shootout, several displaced people said. "They (Boko Haram) chased the soldiers away and burnt the base before forcing their way into the camp, shouting 'Allahu Akbar' (God is Great)," said camp resident Aisa Kyarimi. "They started shooting and we all fled the camp," said the mother of three. Hassan Modu, a civilian militia member guarding the camp, said he ran into the attackers as he tried to flee. "They were no doubt after looting food," he said. Dalori camp and the neighbouring village have been repeatedly targeted in Boko Haram attacks by heavily armed fighters and female suicide bombers. In January 2016, at least 85 people were killed when militant fighters stormed and torched Dalori village and tried to gain access to the camps. Despite the government's insistence that Boko Haram jihadists are near defeat, attacks on civilians and troops persist almost a decade after the insurgency started. The conflict has claimed more than 27,000 lives since 2009 and left some two million people displaced. The jihadists have splintered and a faction affiliated to the Islamic State group is waging its own campaign of violence mainly targeting the military. |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #5 *hug* We’ll sit at the sidelines drinking tea and eating cookies, doing our best to enable and support the current generation, my dear, as others did for you and your cohort. There is no shame in passing the torch. But honestly, there are so many different fights going on at the same time in Nigeria — two versions of Boko Haram jihadis, that Shiite bunch supported by Iran, the Fulani herdsmen with their jihad against the farmers, the locals who like to kidnap foreigners to get a bigger share of the oil wealth, and aof course the soldiers abusing the local civilians when they aren’t kept under proper discipline — that I have been forced to conclude the only way to really help the innocents is to reimpose a strong colonial authority, which simply isn’t going to happen. Possibly things will get somewhat better after oil prices have been low for a while, squeezing some of the wealth, and therefore the motivation toward mayhem, out of the various equations. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-27 21:16 |
| #4 Thanks TW. I hate stuff like this. My gut, my heart says “help them”. My body snickers, and says “Right, you wouldn’t survive the flight”. And the body is right. It really sucks. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2019-07-27 20:25 |
| #3 Why two? Two dead bodies recovered thus far, several wounded, and many ran away in panic. Sounds to me in my ignorance like the usual gun s3x in the process of shearing the sheep rather than anything more focussed, Whiskey Mike. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-27 19:51 |
| #2 Why two? Sounds like a targeted hit. And where was security. If such a thing exists. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2019-07-27 18:57 |
| #1 There was a report that Leah Sharibu died. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-07-27 04:42 |