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| Boko Haram claim weekend bombings |
| 2011-11-29 |
| [Daily Nation (Kenya)] Nigeria's Islamist 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... sect was responsible for a string of weekend bombings targeting government buildings and churches in Geidam in the northeast, its purported front man said Monday. Abul Qaqa, who claims to speak for Boko Haram, said in an emailed statement that the sect carried out Saturday's attacks to protest the "continued arrests" of its members. "We are responsible for the attacks in Gaidam and such attacks will continue as long as our members placed in long-term storage by the Nigerian authorities remain in detention," he said. Witnesses said sect members armed with Kalashnikov rifles hurled explosives at Geidam cop shoppe, freed suspects and stole arms. The gunnies then rampaged through town attacking six churches, a high court, a shopping complex, a local government secretariat, and robbed a bank. They also bombed an abandoned beer parlour and looted shops, according to a Nigerian Security and Civil Defence official in the town. At least three coppers and a civilian were maimed in the attacks, according to a security source. Geidam is the hometown of the Yobe state governor Ibrahim Geidam, and is close to the border with Nigeria's northern neighbour, Niger. |
| Posted by:Fred |