Boko Haram crisis: Maiduguri curfew after Nigeria attack

Roads in Maiduguri were deserted on Monday in the wake of the attack

A 24-hour curfew has been imposed in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri after a major attack.

Officials suspect Islamist militants from the Boko Haram group were behind an assault on a military airbase in the early hours of Monday.
A BBC correspondent says the large-scale, co-ordinated attack is a big setback for the Nigerian military.
Thousands of people have been killed since 2009, when Boko Haram launched its campaign to install Islamic law.
In May, a state of emergency was declared in Borno, of which Maiduguri is the capital, and there has been a massive military deployment to the worst-affected areas.
Chants of Allahu Akbar The latest violence began about 03:00 local time (02:00 GMT) and included bomb and gun attacks, an AFP reporter in the city said.
"They entered Maiduguri from the bush, chanting 'Allahu Akbar' [God is great]," a Nigerian intelligence officer told the agency.

Some eyewitnesses said they had seen bodies with their throats slit.
Others said several vehicles had been driven out of the air base carrying the bodies of victims.
There are also reports of military checkpoints being attacked in different parts of the city.
Recent Boko Haram attacks have been in more rural areas, and it had appeared as though the military operation had made Maiduguri city far safer, says the BBC Nigeria correspondent Will Ross.
Maiduguri's civilian airport has also been closed as a result of the attack.
Mobile phone links to the city have been cut since May, when the state of emergency was declared.
Boko Haram was founded in Maiduguri 2002.