Gunmen abducted a pastor’s wife and a church member in Agyaragu community, Obi LGA, Nasarawa State.

Boko Haram fighters attacked Kambari village in the early morning hours. The terrorists killed 15 people, including the village head, and set the entire hamlet ablaze. The attack occurred after the insurgents made fruitless efforts to enter Maiduguri through Konduga and instead took a different route to attack Kambari. One woman, Kyallu, lost four of her grown-up children in the attack and was forced to flee with her grandchildren after their houses were destroyed

A group of about 10 heavily armed Boko Haram insurgents carried out a coordinated, simultaneous assault on a police station and a commercial bank in Kankara, Katsina State. The attackers, disguised to blend in and chanting “Allahu Akbar” throughout the operation, split into two groups. The group targeting the divisional police station engaged in a fierce gun battle, killing five policemen (including three at the station and two during the bank robbery), set free suspects from cells, and stole weapons and ammunition from the armoury before setting off a bomb that reduced the police station to rubble. Simultaneously, the second group used a bomb to blast through the electronic door of a bank along the same road, shot dead two policemen and a security guard, and made off with an undisclosed sum of cash. A bystander who attempted to pick up some of the stolen cash that fell from the fleeing attackers’ bag was also shot dead. Seven people died in total: five police officers and two civilian bystanders.

Approximately 30 heavily armed Boko Haram gunmen, traveling in three Hilux pickup trucks and on motorcycles, stormed Sandiya village in Damboa Local Government Area, Borno State, approximately 85km south of Maiduguri. The attackers chanted Allahu Akbar (God is greatest) before opening fire on residents, killing 12 people. They burned scores of houses and stole several vehicles and motorcycles before fleeing.