Nigeria: Again, Boko Haram Attacks Damboa, Hoists Flag

20 July 2014

Boko Haram on Friday attacked Damboa town in Southern Borno, killing scores of people and hoisted the sect's flags in parts of the strategic town yesterday morning, fleeing residents have said. The deadly attack on the town, which is just 85 kilometres from Maiduguri, according to eyewitness accounts, left them with no other choice but to take flight.

"We have to massively flee the town so as not to be caught in the crossfire for we are anticipating the army to try to reclaim the town from the terrorists," some of the residents said. The sect had earlier displaced the Nigeria Army from their barracks in the town, which had been under continuous siege for two weeks now.

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