A
five-hour struggle between people of the crazy Islamic sect, Boko
Haram, and military troops in Damaturu, Yobe State, killed at the least
127 persons, all but two combatants, based on reports from army and
authorities officers. The
stench of rotting corpses from the morgue hung around Damaturu Specialist Hospital on Tuesday, the place where a reporter mentioned 31 bodies determined as those of extremists. There
was huge rifle struggle involving the terrorists and the army in
Damaturu between Thursday and Friday, when the insurgents infected
authorities and military formations.
