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| Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by baloney(op): 1:11pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
Map of Nigeria, showing Damaturu and Maiduguri At least nine people have died in explosions at prayers for the Muslim festival of Eid in the Nigerian town of Damaturu, the army says. The two female suicide bombers included a 10-year-old girl, said Nigerian army spokesman Col Sani Usman. There were two blasts at a venue where volunteers were waiting to screen worshippers, he said. No group has said it carried the attack but Boko Haram has recently stepped up its campaign of violence. They have been forced out of most areas they had seized but have increased their attacks since President Muhammudu Buhari took office in May. Some 300 people have been killed this month. The explosions were at an open-air praying area, known as Eid grounds, which were set aside for Muslims to gather to pray at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Because of the threat of a Boko Haram attack, worshippers were being searched before they reached the Eid grounds - this is where the explosions happened. Col Usman said four persons died in the first explosion and five died in the second explosion. "The first blast went off around 07:15 local time (06:15 GMT) while security volunteers who had come earlier than worshippers were waiting for the worshippers so they could assist in crowd control," added eye witness Ahmad Adamu, a security volunteer. "While we were attending to the victims we heard another blast about 500 metres (547 yards) away," he added. On Thursday, explosions targeting people shopping for Eid at a market in the north-eastern city of Gombe killed at least 49 people. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-33565992 |
| Re: Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by momentum85(m): 1:18pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
Buhari pls don't travel to U.S to enjoy urself while your subjects are dying every day. Stay back and visit d places d bomb blast affected. Remember how u pple tackled GEJ during chibok kidnapping. Baba do something oooooo |
| Re: Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by Panshow(m): 1:27pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
May God save us (CTRL+S) from the hands of the enemy call BH. 1 Like |
| Re: Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by baloney(op): 1:33pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
Big amen panshow |
| Re: Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by bugzbunny: 1:33pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
Boko keep it in d north Thanks |
| Re: Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by baloney(op): 1:46pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
| Re: Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by Youngmolis: 2:00pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
bugzbunny:U no get compassion 4 other humans fool |
| Re: Nigeria's Boko Haram Crisis: Eid Prayer Blasts Hit Damaturu by AngryNigerian(m): 2:01pm On Jul 18, 2015 |
Now d game is getting interesting! r we saying that we have failed as a country? dnt we hav good intel pple in d army,SSS,NP,etc? maybe we need Jack Bauer & co so badly,or wat do d posters below me think |
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