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Gunmen kill three in attack on military-run Nigeria school
 [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Gunmen have attacked a military-run school in northern Nigeria, killing at least three air force personnel in an incident whose motives remained unclear, an official said on Friday.The attack late Thursday outside Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria, involved about a dozen gunnies who exchanged fire with air force officers at the secondary boarding school. "Our soldiers really tried to confront them, but unfortunately they inflicted injuries on four of our men which resulted in the deaths of three of them, while the other one is in hospital," said Air Commodore Sani Ahmed. The attackers decamped after about 30 minutes and it could not be determined whether any of them had been killed or maimed, he said. Ahmed said it was unclear who was behind the attack. A doctor said on condition of anonymity that four air force personnel had been killed and another two maimed. Nigeria's north has been hit by scores of attacks blamed on the Islamist sect known as Boko Haram, ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. Currently wearing a false nose and moustache and answering to Jama'atu Ahlus-Sunnah Lidda'Awati Wal Jihad, or Big Louie... but Kano has not been targeted since the latest round of violence attributed to the group began in 2010. The school was under heavy guard on Friday, while a series of other incidents also occurred in the area, including the shooting of a police officer. Police front man Magaji Majia initially said a cop shoppe had been attacked by gunnies late Thursday, leaving an officer maimed. He later amended his statement, saying an officer had been shot and maimed on his way to work early Friday. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-17 |
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