Nigeria: Maiduguri police HQ bomb kills five

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Nigeria: Maiduguri police HQ bomb kills five

BBC – A suicide car bomb outside police headquarters in the north-eastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri has killed at least five people, police say. Following the blast, security forces in the city stormed a suspected hideout of the Islamist Boko Haram group, prompting a fierce gun battle, police sources told the BBC. There is a huge security presence in Maiduguri, which is the stronghold of Boko Haram. No group has yet claimed the attack. However, Boko Haram – whose name means “No to Western education” – has targeted police stations, schools and other government buildings in the last 21 months. The group wants to impose Sharia law across Nigeria. Read Article

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