| What on earth is that thing on their heads in the picture? They look like Martians, which isn't as fearsome a concept as it used to be. |
[LA Times] Nigeria's troubled north, already plagued by a rash of terrorist bombings and drive-by killings during the last year, faced a new attack Friday: multiple bombings in Kano, the region's largest city. Fighting between gunnies and security forces was also reported.A jacket wallah struck police headquarters, causing extensive damage, authorities said. Other bombs hit the city's immigration office. Nigerian media reported another cop shoppe had been bombed. The number of casualties was not known. There were conflicting reports on the number of bombs, with accounts of between four and 20 blasts
The simultaneous bombings were typical of previous attacks by 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...
, which grabbed credit for the violence Friday evening, according to a local radio station.
Nigeria's Vanguard newspaper reported fighting between police and the attackers at the immigration office in Kano, the country's second largest city after Lagos.
Rooters cited witnesses at Kano police headquarters saying the suicide bomber dismounted from a cycle of violence before running into the building holding a bag which then went
kaboom!.
"We tried to stop him but he ran in forcefully with his bag. All of a sudden there was a blast. You can see for yourself the building is damaged," a policeman at scene said, according to Rooters.
