The shooting, burning and explosions from three suicide
bombers continued for nearly four hours in the unprotected
area.
Women and children look at burnt out houses following an
attack by Boko Haram in Dalori village 5 kilometers (3 miles)
from Maiduguri, Nigeria, Sunday Jan. 31, 2016. A survivor
hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists
firebomb huts and listened to the screams of children
among people burned to death in the latest attack by
Nigeria’ s homegrown Islamic extremists. (AP Photo/Jossy
Ola)
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram
extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children
burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the
latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists.
Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds
littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on Dalori
village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees,
according to survivors and soldiers at the scene just 5
kilometers (3 miles) from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko
Haram and the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast.
The shooting, burning and explosions from three suicide
bombers continued for nearly four hours in the unprotected
area, survivor Alamin Bakura said, weeping on a telephone
call to The Associated Press. He said several of his family
members were killed or wounded.
The violence continued as three female suicide bombers
blew up among people who managed to flee to neighboring
Gamori village, killing many people, according to a soldier at
the scene who insisted on anonymity because he is not
authorized to speak to journalists.
Troops arrived at Dalori around 8:40 p.m. Saturday but were
unable to overcome the attackers, who were better armed,
said soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity because
they were not authorized to speak to the press. The Boko
Haram fighters only retreated after reinforcements arrived
with heavier weapons, they said.
Journalists visited the carnage Sunday and spoke to
survivors who complained it had taken too long for help to
arrive from nearby Maiduguri, the military headquarters of
the fight to curb Boko Haram. They said they fear another
attack.
Eighty-six bodies were collected by Sunday afternoon,
according to Mohammed Kanar, area coordinator of the
National Emergency Management Agency. Another 62 people
are being treated for burns, said Abba Musa of the State
Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri.
Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly
with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them
out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria.
The 6-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people
and driven 2.5 million from their homes. As reported by the Indian express.
bombers continued for nearly four hours in the unprotected
area.
Women and children look at burnt out houses following an
attack by Boko Haram in Dalori village 5 kilometers (3 miles)
from Maiduguri, Nigeria, Sunday Jan. 31, 2016. A survivor
hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram extremists
firebomb huts and listened to the screams of children
among people burned to death in the latest attack by
Nigeria’ s homegrown Islamic extremists. (AP Photo/Jossy
Ola)
A survivor hidden in a tree says he watched Boko Haram
extremists firebomb huts and heard the screams of children
burning to death, among 86 people officials say died in the
latest attack by Nigeria’s homegrown Islamic extremists.
Scores of charred corpses and bodies with bullet wounds
littered the streets from Saturday night’s attack on Dalori
village and two nearby camps housing 25,000 refugees,
according to survivors and soldiers at the scene just 5
kilometers (3 miles) from Maiduguri, the birthplace of Boko
Haram and the biggest city in Nigeria’s northeast.
The shooting, burning and explosions from three suicide
bombers continued for nearly four hours in the unprotected
area, survivor Alamin Bakura said, weeping on a telephone
call to The Associated Press. He said several of his family
members were killed or wounded.
The violence continued as three female suicide bombers
blew up among people who managed to flee to neighboring
Gamori village, killing many people, according to a soldier at
the scene who insisted on anonymity because he is not
authorized to speak to journalists.
Troops arrived at Dalori around 8:40 p.m. Saturday but were
unable to overcome the attackers, who were better armed,
said soldiers who spoke on condition of anonymity because
they were not authorized to speak to the press. The Boko
Haram fighters only retreated after reinforcements arrived
with heavier weapons, they said.
Journalists visited the carnage Sunday and spoke to
survivors who complained it had taken too long for help to
arrive from nearby Maiduguri, the military headquarters of
the fight to curb Boko Haram. They said they fear another
attack.
Eighty-six bodies were collected by Sunday afternoon,
according to Mohammed Kanar, area coordinator of the
National Emergency Management Agency. Another 62 people
are being treated for burns, said Abba Musa of the State
Specialist Hospital in Maiduguri.
Boko Haram has been attacking soft targets, increasingly
with suicide bombers, since the military last year drove them
out of towns and villages in northeastern Nigeria.
The 6-year Islamic uprising has killed about 20,000 people
and driven 2.5 million from their homes. As reported by the Indian express.
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