Boko Haram kills dozens in rampage after Chad offensive

Boko Haram kills dozens in rampage after Chad offensive
FOTOKOL(Nigeria) - Nigerian Boko Haram fighters went on the rampage in the Cameroonian border town of Fotokol Wednesday, massacring dozens of civilians and torching a mosque before being repelled by regional forces.


The onslaught came a day after Chad sent troops across the border to flush the jihadists out of the Nigerian town of Gamboru, which lies some 500 metres (yards) from Fotokol on the other side of a bridge.


On the Cameroonian side of the border, the Boko Haram assault on Fotokol left nearly 70 civilians and six Cameroonian soldiers dead, a local security source told AFP.


The Source said:There were also Boko Haram bodies "everywhere,"


"Boko Haram inflicted so much damage here this morning. They have killed dozens of people," Umar Babakalli, a resident of Fotokol.

The sound of automatic gunfire could still be heard in the town later Wednesday as troops sought remaining rebel elements.

Nigeria has reacted defensively to the presence of foreign troops on its soil.


The group has stepped up its attacks in recent weeks, in a move believed to be aimed at disrupting the elections.


The rebels have tried, in vain, to capture the strategic northeastern town of Maiduguri twice in the past week.


In January the militants carried out a massacre in a town on Lake Chad that houses a regional military base.Hundreds of civilians were reported killed in the attack, according to Amnesty International.
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