Publication Date:
Wed, 2011-06-22 03:15
The attacks in Nigeria's restive north followed a threat last week by the radical Boko Haram group that it would escalate attacks in the region. The sect is responsible for a string of killings which have targeted security officers, community leaders and clerics in Nigeria's northeast.
Most of their attacks have occurred in the city of Maiduguri. Last week, the group expanded its reach with a suicide bombing on police headquarters in the capital of Abuja. But police said on Tuesday they believe the sect is only responsible for one of Monday's killings.
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