Many feared killed as B’Haram attacks Yobe town

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Many persons are feared killed as members of dreaded sect, Boko Haram, attacked Babangida town of Yobe State on Sunday. A report by described the destruction carried out by Boko Haram as unprecedented. The insurgents were said to be on a reprisal following a military operation on their hideouts on Saturday. A fleeing resident of Babangida town told reporters in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital: “Yesterday (Saturday) being the market day, there were apprehensions of possible attack on the town but security forces were fully aware and such purported attack was thwarted.” The residents, according to the source, ran out of their homes and took refuge in the bushes for fear of the attack as the militants reorganised at night and launched attack on the town around 6:40am on Sunday. The source said further: “As we were hiding in bushes like many other residents in the early hours of today (Sunday) we then heard several gunshots and chanting of war songs around the troubled Babangida town, confirming the earlier apprehensions and not quite long we saw thick smoke around the town which is given a strong signal that houses and other structures were being burnt.” Part of the structures damaged were telecommunications masts, which led to disruption of telephone service.