Boko Haram kills seven in fierce attack on IDP camp

Boko Haram kills seven in fierce
attack on IDP camp

- Islamist group, Boko Haram has
continued its attack on soft targets in
Borno state

- The group launched a Rocket-Propelled
Grenade (RPG) into an Internally Displaced
Persons (IDP) camp on Friday, September 8

- The IDP camp is home to 80,000 people in
the state
Seven people have been reported killed on
Friday, September 8 after Islamist group,
Boko Haram launched an attack on soft
targets in n IDP camp in Borno state.

Reports monitored by newsblowupdate.blogspot.com indicates
that the attack took place in Ngala, a
community close to the Cameroon border.

A civilian militia member, Umar Kachalla,
said the attackers were in two pick-up trucks
when they fired the RPG at the camp, which
is reportedly home to some 80,000 people.

Boko Haram now restricts its attacks to soft
targets
“They (Boko Haram) fired an RPG into the
camp from behind the fire fence, killing seven
people and injuring several others,” Kachalla
said.
The attack was said to have been followed by
sustained gunfire as the jihadists drove away
into the darkness.
An eye-witness, Abubakar Yusuf corroborated
Kachalla's account, but added that: “the
casualties were relatively minimal because
most people had retired for the night.”

The inhabitants of the camp are said to be
mostly Nigerian refugees from Cameroon,
who fled the fighting in the francophone
country.

The incident is coming barely a week after
Boko Haram insurgents attacked and killed
18 people at the IDP camp in Banki town,
Bama local government area of Borno state
on Thursday, August 30.
According to reports, the terrorists sneaked
into the IDP camp and murdered at least 18
youths at about 11 pm and forcefully took
away many others, including young girls and
women.