Sandals are strewn in the yard of the Government Girls Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Nigeria, where over 100 school girls went missing and locals insist they have been kidnapped by Boko Har
am jihadists in 2018
Fighters aligned to Islamic State West Africa Province in four trucks fitted with machine guns stormed Dapchi town in northeastern Yobe State late on Wednesday, sparking intense fighting with security forces, according to local residents. “The attackers came around 5:00 pm and started shooting indiscriminately which made everyone scamper indoors,” he said.
The attack came on the same day that 14 people, including six soldiers and four policemen, were killed when rival jihadist faction, Boko Haram attacked a military base in Damboa in neighbouring Borno state.
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