bridges linking Nigeria with Cameroon killing 30 people in the process.The bombing occurred on the outskirts of Gamboru Ngala, a village
where over 300 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram members
on Monday.At least 30 people were killed during the bombing, sources told
SaharaReporters.The bridge links the immigration checkpoints of both Cameroon and
Nigeria.The bombing, it was learnt, took place while the villagers were
conducting a mass burial for their relations who were killed on Monday
in Gamboru Ngala.Sources told SaharaReporters that 315 people of the 336 who died in
the Monday attack were buried in a solemn ceremony led by religious
leaders.This, according to the residents of the town, who called journalists on
the telephone in Maiduguri, had made it difficult for them to flee
into Nigeria and left some of them with no other choice than to take
refuge in Cameroon.The only option left for people travelling to and from Gamboru
according to the source, is to go to Banki near Bama Local
Government Area of Borno State to Cameroon and re-enter Gamboru
from another Cameroonian village.Malam Kolomi, a trader in Gamboru, who spoke on the phone with
journalists, said, “We have buried dozens of people in mass graves
between Wednesday and Thursday. We put 10 bodies in each grave.”Another resident of Gamboru, Mamman Abu, who was reached on the
phone, said, “I believe some people are still trapped in some debris.The only bridge that links Gamboru from the other side of Borno has
been destroyed. We are in trouble.”
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Thursday bombed one of the
bridges linking Nigeria with Cameroon killing 30 people in the process.
bridges linking Nigeria with Cameroon killing 30 people in the process.
The bombing occurred on the outskirts of Gamboru Ngala, a village
where over 300 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram members
on Monday.
where over 300 people were killed by suspected Boko Haram members
on Monday.
At least 30 people were killed during the bombing, sources told
SaharaReporters.
SaharaReporters.
The bridge links the immigration checkpoints of both Cameroon and
Nigeria.
Nigeria.
The bombing, it was learnt, took place while the villagers were
conducting a mass burial for their relations who were killed on Monday
in Gamboru Ngala.
conducting a mass burial for their relations who were killed on Monday
in Gamboru Ngala.
Sources told SaharaReporters that 315 people of the 336 who died in
the Monday attack were buried in a solemn ceremony led by religious
leaders.
the Monday attack were buried in a solemn ceremony led by religious
leaders.
This, according to the residents of the town, who called journalists on
the telephone in Maiduguri, had made it difficult for them to flee
into Nigeria and left some of them with no other choice than to take
refuge in Cameroon.
the telephone in Maiduguri, had made it difficult for them to flee
into Nigeria and left some of them with no other choice than to take
refuge in Cameroon.
The only option left for people travelling to and from Gamboru
according to the source, is to go to Banki near Bama Local
Government Area of Borno State to Cameroon and re-enter Gamboru
from another Cameroonian village.
according to the source, is to go to Banki near Bama Local
Government Area of Borno State to Cameroon and re-enter Gamboru
from another Cameroonian village.
Malam Kolomi, a trader in Gamboru, who spoke on the phone with
journalists, said, “We have buried dozens of people in mass graves
between Wednesday and Thursday. We put 10 bodies in each grave.”
journalists, said, “We have buried dozens of people in mass graves
between Wednesday and Thursday. We put 10 bodies in each grave.”
Another resident of Gamboru, Mamman Abu, who was reached on the
phone, said, “I believe some people are still trapped in some debris.
phone, said, “I believe some people are still trapped in some debris.
The only bridge that links Gamboru from the other side of Borno has
been destroyed. We are in trouble.”
been destroyed. We are in trouble.”