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Residents flee northeast Nigerian city
Maiduguri - Residents have begun to flee a northeast Nigerian city where a radical Muslim sect launched attacks that killed more than 100 people.Rev Idi Garba said on Tuesday that nearly all the Christians and non-natives of Yobe state had fled their homes in Damaturu, the state capital. Garba said streets remained deserted, without soldiers or police protection. More than 100 people died in bombings and gunfights on Friday in Damaturu, an attack claimed by a radical Muslim sect known as Boko Haram. Posted by: Eohippus Phater7165 2011-11-09 |
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