With serious military action
going on in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, the sectarian cult group known as Boko
Hara, has moved to North East with Kastina as its new base. The gang had
reportedly besieged a bank, and prison in the Northern State of Kastina State
killing at least a dozen people.
The ensuing
gun battle in Daura Municipal Area between the gunmen and police wounded a
further 17 people according to early morning reports Friday.
Suspected gunmen had on Thursday launched several coordinated bomb attacks on Daura municipal area, army spokesman Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the attack without giving specific figures or police casualties.
Security experts believe a crackdown in the northeast could push insurgent attacks into other regions, or awaken smaller cells that operate in other parts of the north.
“It’s difficult to tell if this is a criminal attack or part of another Islamist cell,” one security source said.
“There have been incidents in the past in Katsina but it certainly hasn’t been an insurgent stronghold.”
It was gathered that in the prison attack, prisoners were freed.
Suspected gunmen had on Thursday launched several coordinated bomb attacks on Daura municipal area, army spokesman Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the attack without giving specific figures or police casualties.
Security experts believe a crackdown in the northeast could push insurgent attacks into other regions, or awaken smaller cells that operate in other parts of the north.
“It’s difficult to tell if this is a criminal attack or part of another Islamist cell,” one security source said.
“There have been incidents in the past in Katsina but it certainly hasn’t been an insurgent stronghold.”
It was gathered that in the prison attack, prisoners were freed.
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