[HINDUSTANTIMES] 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...
gunnies attacked a Nigerian military base and adjacent police barracks in the northeastern town of Buni Yadi, killing 31 security personnel, security sources and witnesses said.
The attack late on Monday in Yobe state occurred not far from where the Islamist bully boyz shot or burned to death 59 pupils at a boarding school in February.
The Death Eaters, whose violent struggle for an Islamic state in northern Nigeria has killed thousands and made them the biggest threat to security in Africa's top oil-producing state, are still holding more than 200 girls kidnapped on April 14, an act which provoked international outrage.
Yobe police front man Nansak Chegwam said he was aware of the attack but could provide no further details.
A resident of Buni Yadi, who identified himself only as Mustafa for fear of retribution, said the gunnies arrived in an armoured personnel carrier and six
They fired rocket propelled grenades at both bases. A senior security source in Yobe state said 17 soldiers were killed and 14 coppers also died.
| That's some serious firepower. Where did they get that -- Libya? |
The bully boyz also razed the police barracks, the army base, the high court and residence of district head Abba Hassan.
"One was shouting in English to the others: 'Let's go, let's go. Finish this and let's go'," a policeman who escaped the attack and fled to the state capital Damturu said.
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