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11 Killed In Maiduguri Boko Haram Attacks

The police in Borno State has confirmed that eleven people were killed when Boko Haram gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Maiduguri on Wednesday evening.

The State Commissioner of Police Damian Chukwu on Thursday revealed that a civilian was killed as locals in the Jiddari Polo area of the city fled the insurgents, while 10 were killed nearby in three separate suicide blasts.

The Nigerian Army on Wednesday called for calm after hours of shootings were heard in the outskirts of Maiduguri in the evening, resulting in panic around Damboa road, Old G.R.A.

Lt.-Col. Kinsley Samuel, the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Department, said in a statement in Maiduguri that the situation was under control.

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