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Gunmen Kill Policeman in Northern Nigeria
[An Nahar] Gunmen have killed a policeman in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, a day after three soldiers died in an attack on a military-run school, police said Saturday.The gunnies opened fire on a police checkpoint on the outskirts of the city late Friday, resulting in a shootout which left one policeman dead and another seriously maimed, Kano state police front man Magaji Majia told Agence La Belle France Presse. Residents of Gaida neighborhood where the attack took place said the shootout lasted for 30 minutes before the gunnies decamped. Nigeria's north has been hit by scores of attacks blamed on the Islamist sect 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. On Thursday night gunnies attacked a military-run school outside Kano, the largest city in northern Nigeria, killing at least three air force personnel. Majia declined to say if Boko Haram was behind the checkpoint attack. No arrests were made. Posted by: Fred 2011-12-18 |
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