Over
50 gunmen, yesterday, invaded Kawuri District of Konduga Local
Government Area of Borno state and set ablaze over 300 residential
houses, after killing a soldier, 51 civilians and wounded several
policemen.
The injured residents are now receiving
treatment at the Konduga General Hospital and the University of
Maiduguri Teaching Hospital.
Kawuri District is one of the big
towns in Konduga,on Maiduguri-Bama Expressway, which is about 60
kilometres from Maiduguri, the state capital.
This town has been
attacked not for the first time. The first attack took place in October,
when Boko Haram terrorists clashed with vigilante youth, popularly
known as civilian JTF, which led to the killing of 10 people including
three members of the Civilian JTF, with 18 others injured and the
burning of 48 shops and 200 houses.
It has been gathered that the
fresh attack on Kawuri town occurred at about 5pm, Sunday, when gunmen
carrying AK47 rifles, Improvised Explosive Devices and petrol bombs
entered the community and wreaked havoc before they fled into the
Sambisa forest.
According to a survivor, Mallam Mustapha Modu
said, he counted about 47 dead bodies on Monday morning while several
others sustained gunshots and burnt wounds.
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