http://news.kuwaittimes.net/2012/04/29/boko-haram-attack-churches-in-north-attack-on-christians-in-nigeria-kills-15/
Boko Haram attack churches in north – Attack on Christians in Nigeria
kills 15
KANO: A seriously injured victim of a shooting is taken out from an
ambulance outside the emergency unit at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital,
in northern Nigerian city of Kano, where Christian worshippers were killed
and others seriously injured in attacks on two church services yesterday.
The attack left at least 20 people dead and 22 people seriously injured. –
AFP
KANO: Gunmen killed at least 15 people and wounded many more in an attack
on a university theatre being used by Christian worshippers in Nigeria's
northern city of Kano yesterday, a witness said. It was the latest in a
spate of attacks on churches and on Christian holidays in the north of the
country, which Nigerian authorities and diplomats believe are part of an
attempt to stoke a religious conflict.
Security sources said there was sporadic gunfire in other parts of the
city which they believe was from attackers who were fleeing from the army
at the university. "I counted at least 15 dead bodies. I think they were
being taken to the Amino Kano teaching hospital," the witness, who did not
wish to be identified, said, adding that he saw many more people being
treated for injuries. A security source said at least 15 people were dead
and a source at the hospital told Reuters by phone that he had seen 10-15
dead bodies brought in with gunshot wounds. There was no immediate claim
of responsibility.
Radical Islamist sect Boko Haram, which wants to carve out an Islamic
state in northern Nigeria, has killed hundreds in bomb and gun attacks
this year. It mainly targets police and authority figures but has also
attacked churches. The army said it had secured the area but could not say
how many people had been killed. "The attack took place in one of the
lecture theatres used as a place of worship by Christians. For sure there
are casualties but I can't say how many," Ikedichi Iweha, an army
spokesman, told Reuters.
"The elements came, used explosives and guns to attack them. We have
repelled them and cordoned off the area," Iweha said. Red Cross officials
said they were trying to get access to the area but there were no details
on casualties. "For over 30 minutes a series of bomb explosions and gun
shots took over the old campus, around the academic blocks," said Mohammed
Suleiman, a history lecturer at the Bayero University.
"It started at about 0930 (0830 GMT) this morning … our school security
men had to run for their dear lives. You can see smoke all over," Suleiman
said. Clashes between Boko Haram gunmen and security forces have flared up
several times in Kano since the sect killed 186 people in January, its
deadliest attack so far. On Easter Sunday, 36 people were killed when a
suspected member of Boko Haram attempted to force a car packed with
explosives into a church compound during a service in the northern town of
Kaduna.
After being stopped by security he turned back and the bomb exploded by a
large group of motorbike taxi riders. Boko Haram set off a series of bombs
across Nigeria on Christmas Day last year, including one at a church
outside the capital Abuja that killed at least 37 people. Africa's most
populous nation of more than 160 million is split roughly equally between
a largely Christian south and a mostly Muslim north.
Suicide car bombers targeted the offices of Nigerian newspaper This Day in
the capital Abuja and in Kaduna last week, killing at least four people in
coordinated strikes. This Day is based in southern Nigeria and is broadly
supportive of President Goodluck Jonathan's government – the main target
of Boko Haram's insurgency. – Reuters
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