Armed men suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect on early Thursday forced their way into the Ashaka cement plant near the town of Bajoga early Thursday. It is unclear whether there are casualties.
Witnesses told news reporters that gunmen attacked the town, shooting sporadically, but seemed to be targeting the cement plant, which is owned by the French Lafarge group.
Local officials say the plant was evacuated before the attack.
The Ashaka plant was also raided in November, when gunmen fled with stolen vehicles and explosive materials.
Deputy Superintendent Fwaje Atajiri says the gunmen tried to shoot their way into the compound early Thursday but were fought off by police and soldiers.
An attack on the same Ashaka Cement factory, a subsidiary of Lafarge SA in Gombe state, was carried out a month ago by suspected gunmen of the Boko Haram extremist group. The gunmen got away with large amounts of dynamite loaded onto pickup trucks. No one was killed.
Boko Haram has been blamed for numerous deadly bombings, with blasts killing at least 288 people in the past two weeks.
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