Boko Haram victim: I cried for someone to help me, but no one would come
With every attack by Islamist militants in northern Nigeria, Daniel Ayuba relives a nightmare.
Two years ago, attackers planted a bomb near a car wash in Maiduguri. The explosion shattered his leg and left 80% of his body covered in shrapnel.
"I looked around me and there was fire burning, houses blown up and dead people," said Ayuba, the scars still visible on most of his body. "I kept on crying, crying for someone to come help me, but no one would come."
Ayuba is among a fast-growing list of Boko Haram victims. The Islamist militants have intensified their wave of terror targeting the north and beyond. edition.cnn reports.
Two years ago, attackers planted a bomb near a car wash in Maiduguri. The explosion shattered his leg and left 80% of his body covered in shrapnel.
"I looked around me and there was fire burning, houses blown up and dead people," said Ayuba, the scars still visible on most of his body. "I kept on crying, crying for someone to come help me, but no one would come."
Ayuba is among a fast-growing list of Boko Haram victims. The Islamist militants have intensified their wave of terror targeting the north and beyond. edition.cnn reports.
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And every attack gets more brazen.
They swoop in on foot, motorcycles and car convoys. They hurl bombs and pull guns with lightening speed.
In April the terrorist group attracted worldwide attention -- and condemnation -- when it abducted an estimated 276 girls in April from a boarding school in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. Dozens escaped, but more than 200 are still missing.
A few days earlier, the militants bombed a bus station, killing at least 71 people on the outskirts of the capital of Abuja.
"When I heard the news, I started crying," Ayuba said. "I said to myself, 'What's wrong with these people?'"
And every attack gets more brazen.
They swoop in on foot, motorcycles and car convoys. They hurl bombs and pull guns with lightening speed.
In April the terrorist group attracted worldwide attention -- and condemnation -- when it abducted an estimated 276 girls in April from a boarding school in Chibok in northeastern Nigeria. Dozens escaped, but more than 200 are still missing.
A few days earlier, the militants bombed a bus station, killing at least 71 people on the outskirts of the capital of Abuja.
"When I heard the news, I started crying," Ayuba said. "I said to myself, 'What's wrong with these people?'"
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