The Joint Task Force (JTF) in Borno State
yesterday said it killed five suspected members of Jama’atu Ahlis
Sunnati Lidda’awati Wal Jihad, aslo called Boko Haram, sect members
while two soldiers and a teenager sustained injury during a gun fight
shortly after a blast went off in Ruwan Zafi area of Maiduguri Friday
evening.
However, residents told Sunday Trust that they saw lifeless bodies of
two soldiers at the scene of the blast, which was targeted at JTF
troops.
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A resident, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, said two bodies of soldiers were seen on the floor while a
white pick up van belonging to the JTF was in flames after an explosion
at the Bola junction in Ruwan Zafi Friday evening. Apart from the seven
people killed, scores of civilians and soldiers also sustained injuries,
witnesses claimed.
Some traders in the area alleged that
men likely to be soldiers had mobilized to the area and set many shops
ablaze.
The JTF spokesman denied this, insisting
that it was the fire from the blast that burnt buildings.
In a statement to newsmen, the JTF
spokesman, Lt Col Sagir Musa said, “There was an IED attack targeted at
JTF Operation Restore Order patrol team at Ruwan Zafi , Dikwa Gamboru
road in Maiduguri metropolis by suspected Boko Haram terrorists. Fuel
propelled Improvised Explosive Device was used by terrorists during the
attack which resulted in fire outbreak that burnt some adjoining shops
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