Boko Haram Strikes Again, Burns Down Village.

Boko Haram has torched a town neighboring the upper east Nigerian town of Chibok where the gathering captured more than 200 schoolgirls two years prior, nearby inhabitants said Wednesday.
A gathering of Boko Haram shooters attacked Goptari, 10 kilometers from Chibok, late Tuesday and set it ablaze subsequent to plundering sustenance supplies and domesticated animals.

The assault underscores the proceeded with risk of Boko Haram in Nigeria's unstable upper east, where the military is as yet doing combating for control in spite of making additions against the radicals over the previous year.

"They assaulted the town around 8:00 pm, discharging substantial firearms which made individuals escape into the bramble," Samson Bulus from adjacent Kautikeri town told AFP.
"The Boko Haram plunderers plundered homes and shops, bringing sustenance supplies and domesticated animals before blazing the whole town," he said.

Luka Damina, another Kautikeri occupant said troops in Chibok drew in the assailants in weapon fight yet were quelled by the radicals.

"The Boko Haram warriors overwhelmed the officers and grabbed a van with an assault rifle mounted on the deck from the troopers," he said.

Witnesses, including a neighborhood boss, said a warrior was injured amid the shootout.
AFP.