Seven Boko Haram suspects killed in Gombe

The Police in Gombe State on Friday shot dead
seven suspected members of the Islamist sect,
Boko Haram, during a clash.
The clash lasted two hours, according to the
Gombe Police spokesman Fwaje Atajiri.
However, the claim could not be independently
confirmed.
The clash came 24 hours after members of the
sect swooped on Damboa, Borno State, killing
11 people.
The terrorists, according to a report, attacked
soldiers, burned shops and killed residents.
A military source said: “More troops have been
dispatched to the area to confront the
insurgents. They sneaked away towards the
bush leading to parts of Yobe and Gombe
states.”
Around 50 gunmen in cars and motorbikes
stormed the rural town, forcing hundreds of
residents to flee to hide in nearby farms, locals
said.
The insurgency was initially weakened in the
weeks immediately following the declaration of
a state of emergency in Adamawa, Borno and
Yobe in May, but remains active and there has
been an uptick in violence in the past month.

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