Saturday, November 5, 2011

Gun, Bomb Attacks Kills Dozens In Nigeria


Suicide Bombers, Explosives Target Northeast Nigeria Amid Wave Of Radical Sect Attacks -- Washington Post/AP

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria — Suicide bombers attacked a military base, a car bomb exploded outside a barracks and explosives detonated Friday around northeast Nigeria, a region under siege from a radical Muslim sect, officials said. While casualties weren’t immediately clear, one blast struck outside a school where parents had arrived to pick up their children.

There was no claim of responsibility but blame immediately fell to the sect known as Boko Haram, which has staged targeted assassinations and bombings in the region, killing more than 240 people this year alone across Nigeria’s Muslim north, according to a count by The Associated Press.

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More News On Today's Militant Attacks In Nigeria

Longest-Serving General And African American Retires -- AP
63 killed in attacks in northern Nigeria -- AFP
Dozens killed in northeast Nigeria attacks - witnesses -- Reuters
Nigeria bomb attacks 'kill dozens' in Damaturu -- BBC
Militants Stage Wave of Attacks in Northeast Nigeria -- New York Times
Red Cross: Gunmen, bombs kill 63 in Nigeria -- CNN
Attacks in Nigeria Leave at Least 63 Dead -- Voice of America
Explosions rock northern Nigerian city -- L.A. Times
Gun and bomb attacks in Nigeria kill 60 -- The Telegraph
Nigeria: Radical Muslim Sect Grows More Dangerous -- New York Times/AP

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