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| Borno: JTF raids sect's hideout, 1 suspect killed |
| 2012-05-25 |
| [Nigerian Tribune] The Joint Task Force on Operation Restore Order in Borno has said that its troops raided the hideout of a suspected Boko Haram ... 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... sect member in Gomboru ward at about 5.35 a.m. on Wednesday, following a tip-off from concerned citizens, which led to the killing of the suspect during a gun duel with the troops. Spokesman for JTF, Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa said, "the operation led to the passive exchange of fire that killed the suspect, while two AK47 rifle, 1,623 rounds of 7.62mm NATO, 32 rounds of 7.62mm special ammunition were recovered in the hideout." He also disclosed that at about 2.30 p.m., a Chadian was tossed in the slammer Please don't kill me! in Sinimari area while trying to steal an installed generator set. Musa said when a search was conducted in his hideout, the JTF recovered 10 cartons of uncoupled motor bikes, four cartons of motor bike engine blocks, one TV set, one standing fan, a stabiliser, five DVD player, one amplifier, one bag of handsets, one carton of indomie, 75 packets of sim cards, a bag of toiletries, a DVD recorder and many CD plates. |
| Posted by:Fred |