Boko Haram Attacks Yobe Community, Torches Houses

Suspected Boko Haram insurgents in a convoy of three gun trucks attacked Katarko community in Yobe State , torching several houses yesterday about 5 pm.

Katarko is farming and herding community, 21 kilometres south of Damaturu, the state capital.

Amsami Modu , a resident , who fled the community to Gujba for safety , disclosed that the terrorists burst into the village through a cattle route .

“ I was returning from the farmland when the insurgents started shooting sporadically into the air . An exchange of gunfire ensued with troops at a military post. ”

“ The soldiers fled for safety, as they were overpowered by gun trucks laden with Rapid Propelled Grenades ( RPG) . ”

He said that while fleeing the village , he saw a thick black smoke from torched houses ascending the sky.

Asked whether lives were lost , Modu said : “ I cannot tell you right now , because, as the insurgents exchanged gunfire the with soldiers, I had to run for dear life towards Gujba . ”

Yobe police command could not confirm yesterday ’ s attack , as several calls and messages to the Commissioner of Police , Sumonu Abdulmaliki , were not responded to.


Source: Guardian.