Nigeria: Shock As Boko Haram Terrorists Sack Barrack - Massacre Troops, Families

20 December 2013

Hundreds of suspected Boko Haram terrorists launched a fierce attack Friday on Bama, Borno state, sacking the military barrack there, and killing troops and their families in what a senior military official called another "sad day" for a town that has witnessed multiple bloodshed this year.

Security officials and witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES Friday noon that the attackers came in their numbers in the morning and killed "everything in sight."

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