Monday, October 25, 2010

A suspected Boko Haram member killed in failed attack on police station

 Suspected members of Boko Haram tried to torch a police station in the town of Bara in Nigeria's Yobe state but were repulsed. Boko Haram means "Western education is sin"1 or "Western education is sacrilege"2 in the local Hausa language.

Source: AFP 1. AP 2. 

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