25/04/2011 - Three bombs rock northeastern Nigerian city, many feared dead

Three bombs rock northeastern Nigerian city, many feared dead

English.news.cn   2011-04-25 14:41:45

MAIDUGURI, Nigeria, April 25 (Xinhua) -- Three bomb blasts have hit a northeastern Nigerian city as many were feared dead, a Xinhua witness said on Monday.

The blast occurred late Sunday ahead of Nigeria's state governorship election slated on Tuesday.

Xinhua reporter in Maiduguri, the state capital said the explosions were recorded at a popular motor park (Tarsan Kano and Madaganari).

He said many fear dead.

Security officials in the state did not respond to calls and text messages when contacted.

Sunday's bombs attack came at a time when serial killings by suspected members of the sect group Boko Haram, continued in Borno.

More than 50 other people, mostly security personnel, had so far been killed by suspected Boko Haram militants since July 2009, when they launched attacks on individuals. The Boko Haram launched the first attack in the state in July 2009, during which many were killed and wounded with properties destroyed.

The sect's leader Mohammed Yusuf and his alleged financier Buji Foi were killed in a counter attack by the security operative.

Members of the sect staged an uprising in Maiduguri in 2009, attacking symbols of the government authority including prisons, police stations and schools, leading to clashes with security forces in which an estimated hundreds of people were killed.