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Dawn Explosions, Gunshots Rock Nigeria's Kano City
Explosions and gunfire rocked a suburb in northern Nigeria's largest city of Kano early Wednesday where Islamists staged deadly attacks in January, an Agence La Belle France Presse news hound and residents said.An AFP correspondent heard at least six huge kabooms followed by gunshots, just before Mohammedan dawn prayers, which continued for around an hour. The causes were still unclear but some residents suggested security forces had raided a suspected hideout of members of 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... in Tinshama area of the city. Tinshama also neighbors the low income suburb of Badawa, which also houses both Christians and Mohammedans. "The whole area has been cordoned off by armed soldiers and coppers. All we hear is that a house suspected to be a Boko Haram hideout was raided by security agents," said Badawa resident Bala Haruna. Boko Haram staged coordinated gun and bomb assaults in Kano, killing at least 185 people in what was the group's deadliest ever strike. There have since been several smaller attacks in the city. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-02-23 |
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