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Boko Haram Invades Regional Capital with Bomb Attack 25 Feb 2021 At least ten people were killed and 60 injured Tuesday after Boko Haram terrorists launched rocket-propelled grenades at Maiduguri, the capital city of Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State, Nigeria’s Premium Timesreported. “We have been informed that about 10 persons were killed and 60 were injured,” Borno State Governor Babagana Zulumon confirmed to the press on February 24. “This is a new form of attack, totally different from the usual suicide bombing. It is worrisome and there is an urgent need to strategize to forestall further occurrence,” Zulumon said, referring to Boko Haram’s use of rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs) on Tuesday to target densely-populated neighborhoods in the regional capital. ....
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Boko Haram kills 10 in Borno On Kindly Share This Story: Boko Haram jihadists on Tuesday killed 10 people and injured 21 others with mortar shells in Borno state capital, Maiduguri, local militia and residents told AFP. The insurgents fired two volleys of explosives on the city, hitting the densely populated Adamkolo and Gwange neighbourhoods, they said. “We have six dead in Adamkolo and four others in Gwange from the mortar explosions,” militia leader Babakura Kolo told AFP. “The explosives were fired by Boko Haram terrorists from Kaleri on the outskirts of the city,” he said. At least 16 people were injured in Gwange and five in Adamkolo, said another militiaman, Umar Ari, who gave the same death toll. ....
AFP Wednesday. Officials said previously 10 people were killed and 47 were injured in Tuesday’s attack when jihadists fired rocket-propelled grenades on the densely-populated city. Boko Haram has previously made incursions into Maiduguri, the capital of Borno state, using heavy guns and suicide bombers. “The death toll has risen to 16,” Babakura Kolo, the leader of a self-defense militia, told AFP. In one of the neighborhoods affected, Gwange, nine boys were killed when one of the explosives landed in a field where they were playing football, Kolo said. “Initially four died but five more died from the serious injuries they sustained from the explosion.” ....