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Blasts Rock Nigerian City, Maiduguri
Two kabooms went off on Friday outside a customs building in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Maiduguri, the base of 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...
Islamists blamed for a series of attacks, residents have said.

The spokesperson for a special military squad established to crack down on Boko Haram in the area confirmed the kabooms with AFP

"We have deployed our field men to the scene of the blast, and I will have to wait for the briefing before I can say anything," said Hassam Mohammed, front man for the Joint Task Force in Maiduguri.

The kabooms went off near a station where locals board rickshaw taxis, located outside the customs building, witnesses said.

Witnesses said that the first bomb was planted at the foot of the wall of the customs office when commuters were waiting for rickshaws, while the second one, went off some metres away. The whole area was cordoned off by soldiers and it was very difficult for one to determine the number of casualties.

Posted by: Fred 2012-02-12
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