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| Africa Subsaharan |
| Eight killed in NE Nigeria suicide bombing |
| 2015-11-23 |
| [AnNahar] Eight people were killed Sunday when ajacket wallah'> ... 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... violence in the countryside. Mohammed Kanar, a local coordinator for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), said the blast happened on Sunday morning as the group arrived from Dikwa, 90 kilometers (56 miles) to the northeast. The restive city of Maiduguri has repeatedly been attacked by Boko Haram and the latest bloodshed again underlines the threat posed by the Islamist group, which has been launching guerrilla-style attacks since being pushed out of its captured territory and camps by a Nigerian army offensive. Kanar said the bomber in Sunday's attack was aged about 20 and struck as the group reached a checkpoint on the outskirts of Maiduguri. "The IDPs (internally displaced persons), mostly women and kiddies, were stopped for security checks at the checkpoint when the bomber, disguised as an IDP, sneaked in amongst them before setting off her explosives," he told AFP. "Eight people were killed and seven others were maimed in the incident." Army front man Colonel Sani Usman gave the same account and toll. |
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