{"id":23538,"date":"2019-12-31T15:39:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=23538"},"modified":"2019-12-31T15:39:07","modified_gmt":"2019-12-31T14:39:07","slug":"photos-emerge-of-attacks-on-school-church-in-biu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=23538","title":{"rendered":"Photos emerge of attacks on school, church in Biu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photos of the attack by Boko Haram in Biu town where the terrorists set ablaze a school and church and stayed back to watch them burn down have emerged.
\nThe insurgents attacked Mandaragirau village last Sunday night and abducted a man as they retreated.
\nIt was one in a series of attacks around Biu Local Government Area since Christmas eve. Other villages attacked are Yamarkumi, Mainahari, Miringa, Buratai. Buratai is where Nigeria Army Chief hails from.
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\nThe night attack, the villagers said, took place after they retired for the night, but were startled awake by gunshots that sent them fleeing into the surrounding bushes. Their case was made worse by the chilly harmattan.
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\nOne resident was quoted as saying: \u201cThey have burnt down a church, a school and some shops in the town,\u201d said the source who asked not to be named. \u201cThey have also taken away one man whom they caught while trying to escape.\u201d The source said the fleeing villagers spent the night out in the cold till this morning.
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\n\u201cThey have all returned to the town this morning.”
\nA former chairman of Biu Local Government Area, who also hail from Mandaragirau, Yusuf Adamu, described the attack as a sad development.
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\nIt is not exactly clear why the insurgents have targeted Biu, but it is believed they are making a point, beyond targeting symbols of western education and Christianity which they have sworn to fight.
\nTens of thousands of persons have died since the insurgency’s little beginnings 10 years ago, while estimates put those affected by the attacks at millions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Photos of the attack by Boko Haram in Biu town where the terrorists set ablaze a school and church and stayed back to watch them burn down have emerged. The insurgents attacked Mandaragirau village last Sunday night and abducted a man as they retreated. It was one in a series of attacks around Biu Local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":23539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[643,644,645],"class_list":["post-23538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-buy","tag-church","tag-school"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23538\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}