Islamic Extremists

More Islamic Extremist attacks, this time in Nigeria.

The Associated Press reports the following
By HARUNA UMAR Associated Press

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria May 7, 2013 (AP)

 

 

Coordinated attacks by Islamic extremists armed with heavy machine guns killed at least 42 people in northeast Nigeria, authorities said Tuesday, the latest in a string of increasingly bloody attacks threatening peace in Africa's most populous nation.

The attack struck multiple locations in the hard-hit town of Bama in Nigeria's Borno state, where shootings and bombings have continued unstopped since an insurgency began there in 2010. Fighters raided a federal prison during their assault as well, freeing 105 inmates in another mass prison break to hit the country, officials said.


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