Boko Haram kills 8, abducts 4 women in Maiduguri

Eight people have been killed and four women reportedly ab¬ducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents near Maiduguri, Borno State capital.
Boko Haram insur¬gents struck at Bale Mamman in Jere Local Government Area about seven kilometres to Mai¬duguri on Tuesday night, shooting and throwing explosive devices into the village from 6.30pm. The attack lasted till about 10pm, a military source said.
Many residents of Mai¬duguri were thrown into panic even as many fled their houses. It was al¬leged that the insurgents were targeting a mili¬tary base in the city but a youth vigilance group later told Daily Sun that the insurgents were fir¬ing into Bale Mamman, located in South-East of Maiduguri.
Sources said the mili¬tary in conjunction with the youth vigilante quickly mobilised to the area to halt the attack. It was learnt that eight peo¬ple were later discovered killed by the insurgents, who also abducted four women.
“Some of the villag¬ers have already fled the community as soon as the shooting started,” says a vigilante member who did not want his name in print. The vigi¬lante member said the military troops deployed to the village with Civil¬ian JTF later stopped the insurgents’ attempts to kill and burn more hous¬es in village.