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Three bomb blasts hit Nigerian city
25 Apr 2011 at 07:43hrs | Views
According to Reuters, an Islamic sect is suspected of being behind three bomb blasts that killed at least two people in northeast Nigeria on Sunday, Nigerian police said.
The blast occurred late Sunday ahead of Nigeria's state governorship election slated on Tuesday.
Xinhua reporter in Maiduguri, the state capital said the explosions were recorded at a popular motor park (Tarsan Kano and Madaganari).
He said many fear dead.
Security officials in the state did not respond to calls and text messages when contacted.
Sunday's bombs attack came at a time when serial killings by suspected members of the sect group Boko Haram, continued in Borno.
More than 50 other people, mostly security personnel, had so far been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants since July 2009, when they launched attacks on individuals. The Boko Haram launched the first attack in the state in July 2009, during which many were killed and wounded with properties destroyed.
The sect's leader Mohammed Yusuf and his alleged financier Buji Foi were killed in a counter attack by the security operative.
Members of the sect staged an uprising in Maiduguri in 2009, attacking symbols of the government authority including prisons, police stations and schools, leading to clashes with security forces in which an estimated hundreds of people were killed.
The blast occurred late Sunday ahead of Nigeria's state governorship election slated on Tuesday.
Xinhua reporter in Maiduguri, the state capital said the explosions were recorded at a popular motor park (Tarsan Kano and Madaganari).
He said many fear dead.
Security officials in the state did not respond to calls and text messages when contacted.
Sunday's bombs attack came at a time when serial killings by suspected members of the sect group Boko Haram, continued in Borno.
More than 50 other people, mostly security personnel, had so far been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants since July 2009, when they launched attacks on individuals. The Boko Haram launched the first attack in the state in July 2009, during which many were killed and wounded with properties destroyed.
The sect's leader Mohammed Yusuf and his alleged financier Buji Foi were killed in a counter attack by the security operative.
Members of the sect staged an uprising in Maiduguri in 2009, attacking symbols of the government authority including prisons, police stations and schools, leading to clashes with security forces in which an estimated hundreds of people were killed.
Source - Xinhua | Reuters
