This Evening: Gunfire, Bomb blasts hit Maiduguri

Gunfire and explosions erupted in the city of Maiduguri today as soldiers moved into an area where members of Islamist group Boko Haram were believed to be hiding, residents said.“There have been at least
eight explosions in these neighbourhoods and soldiers have moved in with tanks and have taken over the whole area,” one resident said.
The city of Maiduguri is at the centre of Boko Haram’s insurgency, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives since mid-2009. The group’s mosque and headquarters were located there until they were destroyed in a 2009 military assault. Thousands of residents have fled the city amid the spiralling violence.

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