Suspected Boko Haram insurgents against launched a deadly attack on a Borno State community on Monday, killing 29 people, Senator Ahmed Zanna has said.
The latest attack on Sunday — just a day after at least 74 were killed in three separate strikes — hit the town of Mafa in Borno state, Boko Haram’s historic stronghold.
The militants had sent fliers to the town earlier in the week, warning of an impending attack, a tactic used by the extremists elsewhere in the region, said Zanna
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Following the threat, some people fled, schools were closed and military reinforcements were deployed in the town roughly 45 kilometres (28 miles) northeast of Borno’s capital, Maiduguri.
But when the attack began “the soldiers fled because they could not match the firepower and numerical strength of the gunmen,” Zanna told AFP.
“Twenty-nine people have been buried from the attack by Boko Haram,” he said.
Borno’s Police Commissioner Lawal Tanko confirmed the latest unrest and said units were headed for Mafa to assess the damage.
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