North Nigeria violence leaves many dead
At least 23 killed in two separate attacks believed to be carried out by armed
group Boko Haram.
Last Modified: 23 Jan 2013 08:43
The north of Nigeria is the latest area being targeting by Islamist goup Boko
Haram [Al Jazeera]
At least 23 people have been killed in northern Nigeria by gunmen targeting
"anti-islamic gamblers" and "forbidden meat traders".
Local officials said the attack on Tuesday was targeted at activities
disapproved by armed groups.
Alhaji Abba Ahmed, a local official said an earlier attack, late on Monday,
proved to be the deadliest.
Gunmen opened fire at a market in the town of Damboa, targeting local hunters
who sell bush meat from animals such as monkeys and pigs - which Muslims are
forbidden to eat.
"Gunmen suspected to be members of BH (Boko Haram) came to the town market and
shot dead 13 local hunters on the spot while five others died from their
injuries at the hospital," Ahmed said.
"They came to the market in a Volkswagen Golf car, carried out the operation
and left," he added.
Witnesses said a separate attack took place on Tuesday in the north's biggest
city of Kano, about 500km west of Damboa, when suspected Boko Haram members
shot dead five people playing an outdoor board game.
A hospital source who received the bodies said that two others had been wounded.
Damboa is in the remote northeast, the Boko Haram's heartland near the borders
with Niger, Cameroon and Chad.
Boko Haram's aim is to carve an Islamic state out of Nigeria, a nation of 170
million people almost evenly divided between Christians and Muslims.
Source:
Agencies
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