By Evelyn Lin Taiwan News, Staff Writer 2011-11-06 12:26 PM | ||
NIGERIA VIOLENCE
Associated Press (2011-11-06 00:27:54)
At least 150 people were killed in a series
of
gun and bomb attacks in northern Nigeria
on Saturday, the Islamist Boko Haram
sect claimed.
The radical Islamic sect Boko Haram
claimed responsibility for the attacks,
which included bombing a government
building and gunning down over 63
people in the northern city of Damaturu,
while another suicide attack in
neighbouring Maiduguri town left for
dead.
A spokesman for Boko Haram said the
group
is responsible for the series of overnight
attacks.
President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the assaults which officials said included at least five suicide bomb blasts and “directed security agencies to ensure the arrest of perpetrators of these heinous acts,” said a statement from his spokesman Reuben Abati.
of
gun and bomb attacks in northern Nigeria
on Saturday, the Islamist Boko Haram
sect claimed.
The radical Islamic sect Boko Haram
claimed responsibility for the attacks,
which included bombing a government
building and gunning down over 63
people in the northern city of Damaturu,
while another suicide attack in
neighbouring Maiduguri town left for
dead.
A spokesman for Boko Haram said the
group
is responsible for the series of overnight
attacks.
President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the assaults which officials said included at least five suicide bomb blasts and “directed security agencies to ensure the arrest of perpetrators of these heinous acts,” said a statement from his spokesman Reuben Abati.
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