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Borno residents flee to Cameroon as ISWAP launches massive attack

Many residents of communities in Borno State have reportedly flee to nwighbouring Cameroon following the launch of a massive attack by dreaded Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) in Rann, headquarters of Kala Balge Local Government Area.

Rann shares a border with Cameroon.

Sources said heavily armed fighters stormed the town in the early hours of Monday.

Many houses were said to have been set on fire and engaged troops in a fierce gunfight.

A resident said the insurgents allowed civilians to leave the town unharmed.

But another source said the ISWAP fighters fled the town following a military reinforcement.

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