Monday, November 7, 2011

Red Cross: More than 100 dead in Nigeria attacks

In this image made from television released by the state-run Nigerian Television Authority Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, corpses are seen laid out in Damatura, Nigeria, following a series of coordinated attacks Friday that killed at least 69 people and left a new police headquarters in ruins, government offices burned and symbols of state power destroyed. A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks in Borno and Yobe states, with the worst damage done in and around the city of Damaturu. (AP Photo/Nigerian Television Authority) NIGERIA OUT

In this image made from television released by the state-run Nigerian Television Authority Sunday, Nov. 6, 2011, corpses are seen laid out in Damatura, Nigeria, following a series of coordinated attacks Friday that killed at least 69 people and left a new police headquarters in ruins, government offices burned and symbols of state power destroyed. A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks in Borno and Yobe states, with the worst damage done in and around the city of Damaturu. (AP Photo/Nigerian Television Authority) NIGERIA OUT

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) ? An official with the Nigerian Red Cross says the death toll from a series of attacks carried out by a radical Muslim sect in northeast Nigeria has risen to more than 100.

Red Cross official Ibrahim Bulama told The Associated Press on Sunday that he expects the number to rise as local clinics and hospitals tabulate their numbers in Damauturu, the capital of Yobe state.

A radical Muslim sect known locally as Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the attacks Friday, which included suicide bombings and shootings in the cities of Damaturu and Maiduguri. Nearly all the deaths occurred in and around Damaturu.

Associated Press

Source: http://hosted2.ap.org/APDEFAULT/3d281c11a96b4ad082fe88aa0db04305/Article_2011-11-06-AF-Nigeria-Violence/id-22acb037fe69405394cc54f05e17ca6f

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