Isht is REAL in Nigeria… At least 67 people died in a wave of bombings and shootings carried out in northeast Nigeria overnight, officials said Saturday, as frightened mourners left their homes to begin burying their dead. A newspaper says a radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks and has promised to launch new assaults. The Daily Trust, the newspaper of record in Nigeria’s Muslim north, says Boko Haram spokesman Abul-Qaqa spoke to them Saturday and claimed the attacks that have killed at least 67 people in and around Damaturu and Maiduguri. The spokesman told the newspaper: “We will continue attacking federal government formations until security forces stop their excesses on our members and vulnerable civilians.” Boko Haram, whose name means “Western education is sacrilege” in the local Hausa language, has waged an increasingly bloody sectarian fight against Nigeria’s weak central government The latest attacks centered around Damaturu, the capital of Yobe state, Nigerian Red Cross official Ibrahim Bulama said. The attack started Friday with a car bomb exploding outside a three-story building used as a military office and barracks in the city, with many uniformed security agents dying in the blast, Bulama said. Gunmen then went through the town, blowing up a First Bank PLC branch and attacking at least three police stations and some churches, leaving them in rubble, he said. Gunfire continued through the night and gunmen raided the village of Potiskum near the capital as well, witnesses said, leaving at least two people dead there. These extremist groups (of any religion or nationality) need a good ol’ fashioned military @$$ whoopin’ Source More On Bossip! Careers From The Crib: Top Ten Work From Home Jobs That Make The Most Money He Wants That Old Thang Back! Is Reggie Bush Pining For Kimmy Cakes??? Making It Rain On The World: Where Does Obama Rank As One Of The 10 Most Powerful People On The Planet? Maino Had A Busy Summer: Check Out The Two Other Jawns With Whom Olivia Shared His Loving, Plus Pics Of Her New Boo Ho Go Away: People That Are Rich And Famous Even Though They Have NO Talents Whatsoever
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Elsewhere In The World: 67 Dead In Last Night’s Nigerian Bombing!
