In Borno State, Boko Haram Ambushes Police Convoy, Kill One

Boko Haram terrorists ambushed a police convoy in Borno State on Tuesday, killing at least one officer in the subsequent gun duel and leaving 16 policewomen missing, a police source told SaharaReporters.

According to the source, the ambush happened about 10 km away from Maiduguri while the police were on their way to Lassa for the funeral of a police sergeant attached to the University of Maiduguri.

He said they received a report that their personnel had been ambushed near Molai. "One was shot dead, two sustained gun wounds [and were] brought to the [University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital] and 16 are missing now," the source told our correspondent. Spokesperson to the Nigerian police, Jimoh Moshood, confirmed the report but he said there is only one police personnel missing.