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| Africa Subsaharan |
| 2 civilians killed in northeastern Nigeria attack |
| 2012-05-10 |
| [Iran Press TV] Gunmen have killed two people in an attack on a market in Nigeria's northeastern city of Maiduguri in the latest act of aggression blamed on the 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... thugs. Witnesses said that on Wednesday, the attackers stormed the market, shot two traders dead, and fled, while shooting wildly into the air, the News Agency that Dare Not be Named reported. Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, a Nigerian Army front man, accused the snuffies of the attack and said that the military had killed one suspected member of the group and locked away Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! two others, while repelling a Wednesday attack on a military post in the city, the thugs' home base. Last week, gunnies killed seven people, including two police guards, in two separate attacks blamed on the turban group. The group has taken responsibility for a number of deadly gun and kabooms in several parts of Nigeria since 2009. Human rights groups report that violent actions by Boko Haram since mid-2009 have claimed more than 1,000 lives, including over 300 this year alone. |
| Posted by:Fred |