Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect have attacked
again along the Maiduguri- Beneshiek- Damaturu road on
Thursday evening. About ten commuters and motorists were
reported to have been allegedly killed. An eyewitness who
pleaded anonymity said:
“the gunmen suspected to have been from Sambisa Forest
enroute a new destination attempted to cross over the busy
road on Thursday evening, and on sighting vehicular movement,
ordered drivers of two vehicles to stop, and when the drivers
refused, they opened fire on the vehicles.
mmediately when the terrorists rushed to the ill-fated
vehicles, they opened fire on the occupants before using knives
to slaughter ten of them. Some motorists upon sighting the
danger had to make u-turn and quickly drove to Maiduguri,
while others found their way back to Beneshiekh and
Damaturu, where they reported the incident to security
operatives”.
Immediately the security operatives had a gun fight with
members of the sect. Some members of the sect died while
others fled into the nearby bush.
A security operative however confirmed the incident. He said
“about 10 people were killed while some vehicles were seized on
Maiduguri- Beneshiekh road by suspected terrorists on
Thursday evening”.
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