Gunfire and explosions erupted in the city of Maiduguri on Tuesday as soldiers moved into an area where members of Islamist group Boko Haram were believed to be hiding, residents said.

“There have been at least eight explosions in these neighbourhoods and soldiers have moved in with tanks and have taken over the whole area,” one resident said.
Another said the area was largely deserted by residents after earlier signs that soldiers were preparing a crackdown. Alleyways had been sealed off ahead of Tuesday evening’s violence,they said.

The city of Maiduguri is at the centre of Boko Haram’s insurgency, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives since mid-2009. The group’s mosque and headquarters were located there until they were destroyed in a 2009 military assault.

Nigerian troops have also been accused of abuses in Maiduguri, including burning homes and killing civilians in the wake of bomb attacks.
Thousands of residents have fled the city amid the spiralling violence.
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salaksmana: Plane crash, road accident, building collapse, fire outbreak, blast, gunfire etc, Nigeria has no natural disasters like tsunami, earthquake etc but it seems we are the one interested in killing eachother. May God help us.

lacasa: The ​ so​ called Boko people no get sense, the soldiers as well no get sense, in ds situation all i care about are those innocent nigerians †ђªt will be terrified by all this madness n those †ђªt will be hit in crossfires n bomb explosions.

May God c this failed nation past all dis, cos other nations we saw as infeerior b4 r superior now eg (malaysia, ghana, southafrica, indonesia) etc

Its rily un4tunate seeing Nigeria/Nigerians become a laughing stock

lacasa: The ​ so​ called Boko people no get sense, the soldiers as well no get sense, in ds situation all i care about are those innocent nigerians †ђªt will be terrified by all this madness n those †ђªt will be hit in crossfires n bomb explosions.

May God c this failed nation past all dis, cos other nations we saw as infeerior b4 r superior now eg (malaysia, ghana, southafrica, indonesia) etc

Its rily un4tunate seeing Nigeria/Nigerians become a laughing stock

mai gaskiya: my broda dnt sit at d comfort of ur home nd type rubish.as far as maidugury is concern dia is no inocent becos dy aid nd abet dm.if u hav ben 2 dat state b4 u wil knw nd se hw ds pepl re sheldng bh.its only kano state dat re coperatng wit jtf.so dnt be pesimistic on views u knw ntng abot becos u kan aford a pone.mister humanist

achi4u: kill everything up north.

i won watch their film

samdamjose: KILL THEM ALL