Boko Haram Insurgents
By Our Reporter
The death toll in the recent Boko Haram attack on Maiduguri, Tuesday has risen to 10 and 47 others injured as Boko Haram terrorists bombed
Sources squealed that 10 rockets were fired into the city by the insurgents. Nine boys playing football at Gwange, when rockets landed in the area were among the dead.
While residents scamper for safety, the insugents tried albeit unsuccessful to invade the city but fighter jets and helicopter gunships were scrambled into the air and surface troops stood their ground to repel the attacks.
It was the first time in several years that the terrorists have had the audacity to enter Maiduguri.
Panic struck residents as the rockets descended, accompanied with sporadic shootings near the University of Maiduguri.
Footages monitored on social media saw residents around the university area fleeing.
Governor Babagana Zulum visited the hospital where the dead and the injured were evacuated shortly after the incident occurred.
He was told that 10 people were killed in the explosions that rocked the city and 47 others injured.
When the attack took place, the military was said to have responded, with the insurgents said to have backed a retreat.
