Showing posts with label Nigerian Taliban. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigerian Taliban. Show all posts

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. 

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Boko Haram aka Nigerian Taliban blamed for killing 2 police, lastest in string of attacks

 Gunmen have killed 2 police manning a checkpoint at night in northern Nigerian town of Bauchi and authorities there have banned motorcycles between 6 pm to 6 am. Previous attacks also blamed on Boko Haram includes the killing of a police officer in the same city and the torching of a police station in Maiduguri, Borno state, where there is already a similar ban on motorcycles statewide.

Source: AFP