 PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria — About 100 people have been arrested in a military crackdown on suspected militants in Nigeria's restive, petroleum-rich south, an army spokesman said Saturday. Shooting into the air, troops entered houses in a Port Harcourt neighborhood Friday, sending men and women into the streets screaming. Gunfire sounded for at least an hour. By Saturday morning, roadblocks had been set up around the city. The operation was continuing in areas raided Friday, army spokesman Maj. Sagir Musa said, without elaborating on the arrests. He said he did not know of anyone seriously injured or killed in the crackdown. |