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| Maiduguri rocked by new blasts |
| 2011-06-29 |
| [Al Jazeera] Two girls were killed and three customs officers seriously maimed in a fresh blast in Nigeria's troubled northern city of Maiduguri, an army general said. "Three customs officers were seriously injured in the attack while two child vendors - both of them girls - were killed in the blast," the commander of the city's joint task force, general Jack Okechukwu Nwobo, told AFP of Monday's attack. Residents and witnesses put the corpse count at about a dozen, however. "I was about 100 metres (yards) from the customs bridge roundabout when the blast happened. It was a crowded area. I saw two vans conveying the dead. From my estimation, not less than 10 people were killed in the blast," said a resident near the scene. "Several people were maimed in a fresh bombing on Monday, also believed to have been carried out by 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... ,"the organization said in a statement. The exact nature of the blast was not immediately known. Security agents cordoned off the site of the kaboom. Nobody immediately grabbed credit for the blast, which came less than 24 hours after suspected Islamists of the Boko Haram sect tossed bombs and fired on a crowded beer garden on Sunday, killing at least 25 people. The National Emergency Management Agency said it was working with other rescue teams to evacuate the injured but gave no further details. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 The Nigerians need a Boko Haram Haram counter-insurgency. Of course, that may set off a Boko Haram Haram Haram response and an ensuing Haram Gap. |
| Posted by: Pollyandrew 2011-06-29 16:12 |