No fewer than 15 persons are feared dead and 55 others injured in a Sunday night attack by Boko Haram insurgents at Bale community on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that echoes from sporadic gunshots and multiple explosions, which lasted for hours on Sunday evening, were heard from the outskirts of the city.
Competent security sources told NAN that a number of insurgents attacked Bale-Shuwa and Bale-Kura communities near Maiduguri in an attempt to infiltrate the town at about 8pm.
The source disclosed that the insurgents parked their vehicles few meters away from a security checkpoint and sneaked into the community.
The source added that the security operatives engaged in fierce gun battle with the insurgents who detonated Improvised Explosive Devices and shot sporadically.
The source added: “Dozens of people, including women and children, were wounded from the explosion and gunshots.
“Due to darkness dead bodies were not evacuated immediately because there were suicide bombers among the attackers.”
The police and military authorities are yet to comment on the incident.
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