Police commissioner Lawal Tanko for Borno state, which is the center of an Islamist insurgency, said General Umar Tukur Buratai was not at his residence when it was attacked."The soldiers succeeded in repelling the attacks on Buratai resulting in minimal damage," he said, confirming that one soldier was killed. There was a separate attack on the town of Bama, he added, although he did not have further details.(Reporting by Ibrahim Mshelizza; Writing by Tim Cocks (http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=tim.cocks&); Editing by Jon Boyle (http://blogs.reuters.com/search/journalist.php?edition=us&n=jon.boyle&))
Source: Reuters.com