Boko Haram Burn 3 Churches in Maiduguri

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Immigration, Customs, Police and SSS posts also razed

Boko Haram the dreaded Islamist sect today burnt down three churches in Maiduguri. But it is not yet clear if there were any human casualties.

Eye witness say the attackers numbering about 50 came in cars and motor cycles and chanted ?Allahu Akbar? as they burn destroy their targets. They also set ablaze border posts in the area.

?Around 50 members of the Islamic sect drove in cars and on motorcycles, carried out the attacks on three churches and border posts with neighbouring Cameroon, opening fire on police and chanting Allahu Akbar, (God is Greatest),? a witness said.

Among the security posts burned were offices for immigration, customs and the secret police and a quarantine building in the city of Gamboru Ngala, about 140 kilometres (80 miles) from the Boko Haram stronghold in Maiduguri.

?The gunmen believed to be Boko Haram were around 50 in number and came in cars and on motorcycles attacked the security offices at the border posts, burning them,? resident Modugana Ibrahim said.

?They opened fire on the security personnel but it is hard to say if anybody was hurt or killed,? Ibrahim while another Hamidu Ahmad, said the gunmen went into town ?chanting ?Allahu Akbar? and burnt down the divisional police station and three churches?.

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