[Al Ahram] Gunmen rubbed out three card players in the northern Nigerian city of Kano, which has been rocked by deadly attacks blamed on Islamist group 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...
in recent months, residents said Sunday.
Two cycle of violence-riding gunnies opened fire on a group of card players in the Gaida area of the city on Saturday evening, killing three of the players and seriously injuring another, residents said.
The gunnies then shot in the air for about 20 minutes before speeding away, said one witness.
"The attackers came around 6:00 pm and produced rifles that looked like AK-47s from under their robes and began shooting into the group playing cards under a tree," he said.
"The shooting caused a stampede, with everyone around running for cover, and by the time the attackers left three people from among the card players lay dead and one other player was badly injured."
It was the second attack on card players in two weeks in the city.
On 13 May, three people, including a prison guard, were killed and four others injured by gunnies on a cycle of violence in the Tukuntawa area of the city.
Although it was unclear who was behind the latest attack, Boko Haram has been blamed for a series of drive-by shootings in the city.
A suspect tossed in the slammer
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
last week allegedly confessed to belonging to a 20-man gang recruited by Boko Haram behind a series of killings, including an attack on church services at a university which killed 19 worshippers.
