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| Africa Subsaharan |
| 4 dead, churches burned in north Nigeria attack |
| 2011-11-28 |
| [Emirates 24/7] Witnesses and authorities say at least four people died in an apparent attack on a northeast Nigeria ... a particularly crimson stretch of Islam's bloody border... city that saw churches and businesses burned to the ground. The attack happened Saturday night in the city of Geidam in Nigeria's Yobe state, which sits near the country's arid border with Niger. Witnesses say attackers blew up a local cop shoppe and attacked a bank, as well as set fire to businesses and at least eight churches. Yobe state police commissioner Sulaiman Lawal declined to comment Sunday, referring calls to the national police headquarters, where no one answered calls. Emergency officials declined to immediately comment. The attacks come after a Nov. 4 attack in the state capital claimed by the radical Mohammedan sect known as 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... that killed more than 100 people. |
| Posted by:Fred |