Radical Islamic Sect Boko Haram members have gone on the rampage again in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, killing a high-ranking police officer, two prison warders and a child.
Borno State Assistant Police Commissioner Usman Baba said yesterday that the police superintendent assigned to guard the state government headquarters died in the morning attack, as well as a child opening a garage door.
Baba said the three gunmen believed to be Boko Haram members, are responsible for the series of targeted assassinations.
Also on Wednesday, two prison warders were shot and killed at the new Prison in the city.
Last Saturday, another Prison warder and a trader in front of his shop were killed by men believed to belong to the radical sect.
It is not clear why Prison officers are now being targeted by the sect, but many members of the sect are being kept in the prison.
In Gombe State, three boys died in an explosion yesterday apparently caused by a bomb left over from a bank robbery the day before. Police say the boys picked up the explosive while playing in a garbage dump without knowing what it was
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Four killed in fresh Maiduguri attack
Four killed in fresh Maiduguri attack
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Friday, May 06, 2011
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