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Gunmen kill three in attack on police in Nigeria
[Al Ahram] Gunmen believed to be members of Islamist group Boko Haram... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... burned down a cop shoppe in volatile northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... , killing two coppers and a civilian, the military said Monday. A senior army officer with the military joint task force (JTF) deployed in the area, who asked not to be named, said gunnies stormed Mafa cop shoppe in Borno state on Saturday night. "Two coppers and one civilian were killed in the attack," he said, adding that troops had been drafted in. The JTF Sunday raided a suspected Boko Haram base in London Ciki, Maiduguri, killing two Islamists, the officer also said. "Two locally made pistols were recovered and five suspects were tossed in the slammer Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! as a result of the operation," he added. Troops have recently stepped up raids on suspected Boko Haram hideouts, looking for explosives and arms. Maiduguri, the home base of Boko Haram, has seen some of the worst violence blamed on the cut-thoat sect, which has focused its attacks on the mainly Mohammedan north. Posted by: Fred 2012-05-15 |
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