Many feared killed as Boko Haram destroys UN hub in Borno

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It was gathered an airstrike to dislodge the attackers from the town instead bombarded a residence where a naming ceremony was going on, causing heavy casualties.

An unspecified number of people were reported killed at Damasak, the headquarters of Mobar Local Government in Borno State when suspected members of the Islamic State of West African Province , which is another faction of Boko Haram operating in the northern part of Borno State on Saturday night launched an attack on the town.

They were said to have also hit facilities belonging to other organisations, including the central warehouse of the World Food Programme , which was heavily looted during the attack. “The insurgents destroyed all humanitarian hubs and their facilities after carting away foodstuff at one of their main warehouses.

A security source, who is not authorised to speak with the media, informed the humanitarian workers at the UN hub during the attack were moved to the hub bunker with none of them hurt.

 

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