Document #1199141

AFP - Agence France-Presse (Author), published by ReliefWeb

Coordinated attacks, gun battles kill 162 in Nigerian city

Original link (no longer valid) http://reliefweb.int/node/471804

ecoi.net description:
City of Kano: According to reports, authorities imposed a curfew on the city after a series of bomb attacks targeting security forces and gun battles killed at least 162 people on 20 January; the main newspaper in the North said an alleged spokesman for Islamist group Boko Haram had claimed responsibility for the violence
Country:
Nigeria
Sources:
AFP - Agence France-Presse (Author), published by ReliefWeb
Original link (no longer valid):
http://reliefweb.int/node/471804
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Published:
21 January 2012
Document ID:
1199141 (former ID 209312)

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