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Nigeria 'militant' attacks leave 10 dead n Maiduguri
At least 10 people have been killed in a series of attacks blamed on Islamist Military commander Gen Jack Nwaogbo said five people were killed when a bomb exploded on Sunday inside a bar frequented by soldiers and policemen. Gen Nwaogbo blamed the killings on Boko Haram, which wants to establish an Islamic state in northern Nigeria. The group has also been accused of carrying out an attack on another bar in the same city last Sunday, which left 25 people dead. Sunday's bomb blast ripped through a bar at a "mamy market" attached to a police barracks in Wulari area of Maiduguri, said Gen Nwaogbo, the head of a joint police and military taskforce. He said the attack was carried out around 1730. Earlier, one person was shot dead in another part of the city by gunmen riding on a motorbike. A senior police officer told AFP the victim was a politician from the state's ruling All Nigeria Peoples Party, while another said it was the newly-appointed head of a local government council. Overnight, gunmen shot dead four other people. Boko Haram has carried out a number of bombings in north-eastern Nigeria, as well as an attack on police headquarters in the capital Abuja earlier this month. The group's trademark has been the use of gunmen on motorbikes. Two years ago, Nigerian security forces brutally suppressed an uprising by Boko Haram, destroying their compound and then killing their leader in custody, says the BBC's Jonah Fisher in Lagos. Instead of disappearing, the group has regrouped and now appear to have the funding and expertise to launch attacks on an almost daily basis, our correspondent adds. Posted by: Steve White 2011-07-04 |
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