Christmas Eve Tragedy: Gunman opens fire inside bar, injures several people in Bauchi

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At least five people sustained injuries at a drinking joint when an unknown gunman Monday opened fire in Bigi village a suburb of Bauchi metropolis in Bauchi local Government area.

Vanguard gathered from a reliable security source that the gunman entered the joint where people were eating and drinking and joined them.

He said,“ After he finished eating, he used his gun and shot three people. Some good Samaritans at the joint attempted to overpower him and arrest him, but he used his gun and hit two people who also sustained injuries before he fled”.

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Heavy fighting reportedly ongoing between JTF and Boko Haram in Maiduguri

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Reports from Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, indicate that multiple explosions and gunshots are occurring around Lagos street and Gwange area of the Maiduguri metropolis.

A resident of the area informed PREMIUM TIMES that an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, may have been planted in the area targeting a Joint Task Force, JTF, patrol team and probably exploded. He said the gunshots that followed could be from the members of the JTF.

People are at present running away from the area which witnessed heavy fighting last week between officers of the JTF and insurgents of the Boko Haram sect which led to the near-total evacuation of residents from the once heavily populated area.

Efforts to reach the spokesperson of the JTF, Sagir Musa, were unsuccessful.

More details as they unfold.

Source: Premium Times

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