An attack by scores of Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast Nigeria town of Bama has killed 60 people and caused massive destruction to public building, police told AFP Thursday.
"We are collating the figures and the death toll has risen to 60 from the Bama attack... but the toll is likely to rise," Borno state Police Commissioner Lawal Tanko said of the early Wednesday attack, adding that a "huge" number of insurgents were also killed in the air force bombardment that followed the raid.
An attack by scores of Boko Haram Islamists in the northeast Nigeria town of Bama has killed 60 people and caused massive destruction to public building, police told AFP Thursday.
“We are collating the figures and the death toll has risen to 60 from the Bama attack… but the toll is likely to rise,” Borno state Police Commissioner Lawal Tanko said of the early Wednesday attack, adding that a “huge” number of insurgents were also killed in the air force bombardment that followed the raid.
