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Militants kill 8 in Nigeria: army

[Pak Daily Times] Suspected gunnies killed eight people, including three coppers, in five separate attacks in the northern Nigerian city of Maiduguri, the military and police sources said on Thursday.

The gunnies were suspected of being members of the Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter...
sect,

Now renamed something else impossibly long and complicated, to mark their resurrection after being nearly wiped out by the government.

army front man lieutenant Abubakar Abdullahi told AFP. The sect launched an uprising in Nigeria's north last year, that ended with a police and military assault which left hundreds dead. "Eight people, including three coppers, were killed late on Wednesday, in five separate attacks by gunnies suspected to be members of Boko Haram sect," the front man added.

"The coppers were killed in Ruwan Zafi district of Maiduguri, in an attack on a police patrol team by suspected Boko Haram sect members, who also burnt down the patrol van," he said. Several suspects had been jugged over the incidents, the latest in the string of attacks by the sect in the last week, he added.

Police front man in Borno State, of which Maiduguri is the capital, Lawal Abdullahi, also confirmed that three coppers were killed in the attack. "We lost three men in a shoot out with suspected members of the outlawed Boko Haram," he told AFP. "The suspects launched an attack on one of our patrol vehicles and burnt it. The coppers were outnumbered by the attackers," he added.
Posted by: Fred 2010-12-31

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