Monday 22 October 2012

Tragic; More people flee Potiskum as death toll rises to 30!

In another rave of violence, gunmen suspected to be members of Boko Haram gunmen killed several people including a retired customs chief, his medical doctor son and wiped out the family of an ex-police officer on Saturday.

“I have received reports of the killing of a retired controller of customs and a retired police officer and five members of their family by Boko Haram gunmen in Potiskum this morning,” Yobe state police commissioner Patrick Egbuniwe told AFP.
Egbuniwe said the gunmen killed the ex-customs officer Ajiya Waziri and his medical doctor son, before the attack on the police officer and four members of his family. Residents said Waziri and his son were abducted from their house and taken to the outskirts of the city where they were shot dead. Their bodies were dumped on the roadside.
Residents also said the gunmen broke into the house of Haruna Adamu, a retired assistant superintendent of police in Sabon Layi area of the city.


“It was past midnight when I heard several gunshots followed by screams which woke me up,” said Tabiu Hamza, a neighbour of the slain police officer. Some neighbours including myself rushed to the house after the gunmen had left only to find all the five members of the family, including Haruna, his wife and three children dead,” he said.
A nurse at the Potiskum general hospital spoke of 20 bodies being brought to the morgue, while residents said three bodies were buried by their families following explosions and shootings in the restive city on Thursday.
“We now have a total of 20 bodies brought in yesterday from the attacks of the previous night. Initially 11 bodies were brought and nine more were received later,” a nurse who asked not to be named told AFP.
“Most of them have gunshot wounds but some had their throat slit. The bodies included that of a police sergeant and a prison warder,” he said.
Residents said the toll could be higher as some relations had taken some bodies from the streets for burial.
“I participated in the burial of three residents who were killed in the attacks. I was at their separate burials yesterday. These are the ones I know. There could be several others,” resident Hamisu Nababa told AFP.

When will all this end :(


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