[Al Ahram] Gunmen opened fire on card players in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday, killing three people including a prison warden, residents said.It was unclear who the assailants were, but the shooting was similar to a wave of 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...
, which has been waging an insurgency focused in Nigeria's mainly Moslem north.
A front man for a military task force in the city, Lieutenant Iweha Ikedichi, said "we heard of an incident around the area ... we are waiting for details."
Residents said three assailants arrived on one cycle of violence and opened fire, leaving three dead.
"They just opened fire and sped away," one resident said. "Soldiers from (the task force) have deployed in the area."
Boko Haram's insurgency has seen bombings and shootings that have killed hundreds. Its deadliest attack yet occurred in Kano, the largest city in the north, in January, when coordinated attacks left at least 185 people dead.
Police, soldiers and other members of the security forces have often been the group's targets.
Authorities said on Friday that they had placed in long-term storage
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
Boko Haram's alleged head of operations for Kano in a raid.