Boko Haram attack in Nigeria border town kills hundreds
AN ATTACK by Boko Haram Islamists in a north-eastern Nigerian town on the Cameroon border has killed hundreds of people, a local senator and witnesses said.
Senator Ahmed Zanna added that the town of Gamboru Ngala was left unguarded because the soldiers based there had been redeployed north towards Lake Chad in an effort to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram on April 14.
Gunmen riding in armoured vehicles and on motorcycles stormed the town on Monday and razed much of the area.
Residents said survivors fled when the attack began, with the insurgents firing on civilians as they tried to run to safety into Cameroon.
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“From information reaching me from the town, the death toll from the attack is around 300,” he added.
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