Nigeria bomb and gun attacks 'kill dozens' in Damaturu

Bosonic

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Sat Nov-05-11 04:37 AM
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Nigeria bomb and gun attacks 'kill dozens' in Damaturu

Source: BBC

A series of bomb attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Damaturu has killed at least 30 people, reports say.

Witnesses said the bombs hit several targets, including the headquarters of the Yobe state police.

The BBC's Jonah Fisher, in Nigeria's commercial capital, Lagos, says gunfire lasted into the night and residents were said to be fleeing.

It follows attacks on security forces in neighbouring city, Maiduguri, blamed on the Islamist Boko Haram group.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15605041

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Eugene

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Sat Nov-05-11 07:32 PM
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1. New headline at link: Nigeria Boko Haram attack 'kills 63' in Damaturu

5 November 2011 Last updated at 22:01 GMT

Nigeria Boko Haram attack 'kills 63' in Damaturu

At least 63 people have been killed in bomb and gun attacks in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Damaturu, the Red Cross says.

Witnesses said the bombs hit several targets, including churches and the headquarters of the Yobe state police.

The Islamist militant group Boko Haram told a newspaper it was behind the attack and that it planned to hit further government targets.

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Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15605041

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Sat Nov-05-11 08:18 PM
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2. Disaster (CIA) Capitalsim at its finest. :-/ K&R n/t

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