Publication Date:
Sat, 2010-11-20 01:30
Police spokesman Lawan Abdullahi says two armed men ambushed over 1,000 worshippers Friday during afternoon prayers at the Gomari Jumat mosque in Maiduguri. He says stray bullets also injured a child.
Abdullahi says a total of 13 suspects have been arrested.
Authorities believe the gunmen are members of Boko Haram, a sect whose name means “Western education is sacrilege” in the Hausa language. This would be the first daytime attack the group has allegedly committed in their new wave of violence.
The group’s members have emerged recently from hiding after starting a July 2009 riot, which led to a security crackdown that left 700 people dead.
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