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Friday, April 20, 2012

Boko Haram kill FIVE in Maiduguri bakery


According to reports reaching us, Gunmenm highly suspected to be members of the Boko Haram sect assaulted a bakery in Maiduguri today, sporadic gunshots filled the air, leading to the death of five people. Two others were however rushed to the hospital.

The deceased bakers worked at the Kasmi Bakery at Polo Ward area of the metroplis were killed in the early hours of the day, while the two others, including a water vendor and Customs officer, were killed on Wednesday at Abbaganarm ward.

Abbaganarm ward is said to be a dangerous area as many people were said to have been killed in the area by suspected sect members.

Confirming the reports in a telephone interview, Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, ASP Tizhe Samuel, said some yet-to-be identified gunmen killed a water vendor and a customs officer on Wednesday, while five bakers attached to the Kasmi Bakery were killed by gunmen suspected to be members of an Islamic sect.

He, however, said investigations had commenced with a view to tracking down the perpetrators of the dastardly act and urged members of the public not to panic but to go about their normal businesses.

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