The remains of a burned car in the aftermath of anti-Christian violence, December 25, in Maiduguri, Nigeria. AP / Njadvara MusaDes suspected Islamists have killed eight people including three policemen in the city of Maiduguri in northern Nigeria announced Thursday, December 30 the army and police. "The authors of the five armed attacks Wednesday night are suspected of belonging to the sect Boko Haram," said a spokesman of the army.These Islamists are behind an insurgency that had claimed hundreds of lives in 2009 and are accused of a series of attacks in northern Nigeria in recent months "On Wednesday, three policemen were killed in the district Ruwan Zafi during an attack on a patrol launched by suspected members of Boko Haram who burned their vehicle, "said military spokesman.
"The police were overwhelmed by the attackers," said another spokesman. Five civilians were killed in four attacks by gunmen on a motorbike in this city in north-east. An offshoot of Boko Haram also claimed on a website attacks and attacks that have killed up to 86 between Christians and Muslims for Christmas in central and northern Nigeria.
Thursday night, police announced they had arrested 92 suspected members of the sect. The suspects were transferred to the headquarters of the Nigerian federal police in Abuja for interrogation. In two other attacks on Tuesday, people suspected of belonging to this sect had killed a policeman and a police chief to retire and three civilians were wounded Maidiguri, police said.
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