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| 11 Killed in Suicide Attack in Northeast Nigeria |
| 2015-02-19 |
| [AnNahar] Eleven people were killed in a suicide kaboom on a checkpoint near the town of Biu in northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... on Tuesday, a vigilante and a resident said. Gana Sheriff, the vigilante, said the attack happened at about 1:00 pm (1200 GMT) at Yamarkumi village, four kilometers (2.5 miles) from Biu in Borno state. "It was a suicide kaboom by three men in a motorized tricycle. They killed 11 people, including Civilian JTF (joint task force) and child vendors at the checkpoint," he said. "It was later that we realized the attackers came in two rickshaws. The one ahead had three people inside who opened fire and detonated three explosives. "The second rickshaw immediately turned after the kabooms but was pursued into the bush by soldiers and local hunters." Tijjani Kanta, a local resident who was at the Biu General Hospital, said there were 14 dead bodies at the hospital, three of them the attackers. "Three of them belonged to the attackers. The other 11 were of the vigilantes and children selling articles to motorists at the checkpoint," Kanta added. The attack came five days after at least seven people were killed when a female jacket wallah blew herself up at a crowded market in Biu, which is the biggest town in southern Borno. 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... has made several attempts to seize the town, 180 km from the state capital, Maiduguri, but has been pushed back by troops and local vigilantes. Last month troops aided by vigilantes repelled an attempted incursion by Boko Haram fighters, killing 40. |
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