00:01The attack is over, but the fear remains.
00:05Residents of Maiduguri in northern Nigeria inspected the traces left by a battle
00:10between jihadist attackers and the military during the night on Monday.
00:15No casualties were reported among the military and civilians,
00:19but many citizens were shaken by the events.
00:37The last jihadist attack on Maiduguri dates back to 2021.
00:43For years, the city remained an island of calm in a region
00:47that regularly sees jihadist movements attack villages and civilians.
00:52That the violence may return to Maiduguri is a worry for many inhabitants
00:56after what they experienced.
01:00Honestly, people were very afraid. Everyone was just running.
01:04Truly, if not for the civilian joint task force, the hunters,
01:07the efforts of the community and the soldiers, things would not be the way they are now.
01:11As for us, we were sleeping when we heard gunshots.
01:15Children were running and everyone in the community was fleeing in fear.
01:18We heard the gunfire while we were asleep and did not know what was happening
01:22until we realized it was an attack.
01:26Jihadist movements, among them Boko Haram, have attempted to establish a caliphate
01:31in the region for the past 16 years.
01:34Their fight has killed at least 40,000 people and displaced up to 2 million inhabitants.
01:40citizens.
01:41Thank you very much.
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