Boko Haram  kills  Five Card Players and 15 Others In Gombe

 

Boko Haram members last night gunned down  about 15 people and five persons they found playing cards in Gombe, Gombe State while several others were also seriously injured. Ten victims are  in critical condition from bullet pellets that pierced their bodies.Most them are in critical conditions and doctors in the  area were battling to save the lives of the injured.
One of the survivors disclosed that the sect members came on bikes chanting,“Allah Kubar,” then started firing at the group of people playing cards at an area called Angwan Bagadaza. A security operative confirmed the incident.

Eyewitnesses said that the attackers wore traditional flowing gowns. They also disclosed that the armed assailants escaped immediately after the attacks before the arrival of officers of the joint task force that patrols Gombe town. A manhunt was immediately launched by Joint Task Force and a suspect has been arrested.