{"id":7476,"date":"2013-08-01T06:39:53","date_gmt":"2013-08-01T06:39:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/disnaija.com\/nigerian-newspapers\/boko-haram-kills-eight-in-borno\/"},"modified":"2013-08-01T06:39:53","modified_gmt":"2013-08-01T06:39:53","slug":"boko-haram-kills-eight-in-borno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disnaija.com\/boko-haram-kills-eight-in-borno\/","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram kills eight in Borno"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least eight people, including a lecturer at the College of Education, Waka in Biu Local Government Area of Borno State, have been killed by terrorists suspected to be Boko Haram members.<\/p>\n

The terrorists were said to have infiltrated the town, after escaping from their camp in Sambisa during the military offensive.<\/p>\n

Since the declaration of a state of emergency in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa states on May 14, the road linking Maiduguri, Damdoa and Biu has been closed by men of the Joint Task Force, JTF, as the road links the Sambisa Game Forest.<\/p>\n

It was learnt that since the beginning of the week, there had been killings in Biu, which centred around the popular Kadafur Cinema and other wards where a lecturer, who was also an Islamic cleric, three members of a family and four others were killed by the sect members.<\/p>\n

The tragic incidents have created apprehension in the town.<\/p>\n

It was learnt that some youths in the town yesterday staged a protest and also embarked on a house-to-house search to fish out the terrorists among them.<\/p>\n

A source, who just arrived Maiduguri from Waka, said the town was no longer save, adding that the killings had created a state of anxiety among the people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn fact, most of the killings were targeted at school teachers and Islamic clerics. The most unfortunate thing is that the terrorists have devised a means of using knifes to slaughter their targets, as gunshots will attract security agencies,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n

It was also gathered that men of the task force had been deployed on the streets of the town to ensure safety of lives and property, even as some youths have volunteered to assist the security agencies in apprehending those perpetrating the killings.<\/p>\n

The spokesman of the JTF, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, could not be reached for confirmation at press time.<\/p>\n

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