Nigeria makes Boko Haram arrests
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
158 suspected members of the Islamist Boko Haram organisation, have been arrested by Nigerian forces
Boko Haram had owned up to carrying out a series of bombings in Kano on Friday in which at least 185 people died. The group says it wants to overthrow the Nigerian government and impose Islamic law.
On Tuesday evening, unknown attackers threw explosives at a police station in Kano and opened fire on the building. Eyewitnesses quoted by the AFP news agency said that a gunfight lasting 25 minutes then took place.
In the dawn operation, one resident said officers had encircled a house where a Boko Haram suspect was believed to be hiding. The shoot-out lasted several hours. "They began shooting, and he fired back... This was followed by a barrage of gunfire by the security men,"
A man and his wife were killed in the raid carried out by the Nigerian Joint Military Task Force, residents said.