News update..
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists, on monday morning December 2,
2013, attacked Maiduguri, the Borno state capital. Their targets were Composite
Group Air force Base and other strategic locations within the state.
The attack which started at about 3am disassembled the town
as sporadic gunshots and other Rocket Propelled Grenade Launchers fire were
heard, with ensuing airstrikes in Maiduguri and Jere metropolis till 8 am.
Sources said during the attacks on the Air force Base and
other targets, including the Maiduguri International Airport, several people
were killed as the terrorists, numbering over 300 planted explosives in
targeted areas in the state capital.
The newly constructed trailer park, along Damaturu-
Maiduguri road, military checkpoints, residential and public buildings, which
according to the source led to high casualties among the terrorists and
security agencies.
An eye witness who resides in Gomari airport area, just few
metres away to the Air force Base said, ” I saw 5 military operational vehicles
conveying dead bodies to the hospital at about 6am, the dead bodies were
suspected to be security agents killed during the attack”.
It was also gathered that, over a hundred terrorists were
killed by military airstrikes in the counter offensive.
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