Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday launched a
fresh attack on Maiduguri, the Borno State capital from a
cashew plantation a few kilometres from the Giwa Barracks.
Maiduguri has not experienced an attack since two major
takeover attempts in late January and early February as well
as several bombings in March.
The insurgents have been fighting to create a Islamic state
in the North-East along the border with Chad, Cameroon and
Niger.
Residents said on Wednesday that they heard heavy shooting
and explosions on the outskirts of the city and began fleeing
their homes.
The shooting, which was still heard as of 8pm, according to
them, began around 6.45pm.
A security source, who participated in the operation, said they
fought off several hundred insurgents, which included suicide
bombers.
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