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Saturday, December 31, 2011

Merry Christmas from Boko Haram

"...the attack occurred after Friday afternoon prayers in a market near a mosque in the city of Maiduguri."


From The Washington Post December 30


Nigeria: Gunmen kill 2 in restive NE; death toll rises to 42 in Xmas attacks blamed on sect


LAGOS, Nigeria — Gunmen killed two civilians in a northeast Nigeria town plagued by attacks from a radical Muslim sect, an official said Friday, as a hospital official said one more person died from
Christmas attacks blamed on the sect, raising the toll to 42.
Military spokesman Lt. Col. Hassan Ifijeh Mohammed told The Associated Press that the attack occurred after Friday afternoon prayers in a market near a mosque in the city of Maiduguri. Mohammed said the gunmen wounded a third person.

He said authorities believe the incident could either be a robbery attempt or another attack by a feared radical sect known as Boko Haram which has carried out a series of attacks and assassinations in the area.

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