Nigeria: Gunmen unbound 119 from prison; 1 dead

He assumed he did not know if the prison held one members of a radical Islamist sect renowned equally Boko Haram, which has been plaguing the population with violence in excess of the very last time. Boko Haram launched a massive prison break inwards Bauchi state inwards September 2010 with the aim of freed a propos 700 inmates here. The grandeur of Wednesdays attack, which apparently used explosives and overcast gunfire, matched to earlier assault by the sect. Members of the sect come up with been blamed in support of slaughter by the side of smallest amount 286 populace this time lonesome, according to an Associated Press count. The groups leader says its campaign of violence is aimed by the side of avenging Muslim deaths, freeing imprisoned members and pushing in support of strict Shariah law across multiethnic Nigeria, a residents of other than 160 million citizens. If Boko Haram approved dated Wednesday nights attack, it would ensue the uttermost hit south the bracket together has made.

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