Número de mortos sobe depois dos ataques na Nigeria
2012-01-21 18:44
Kano - Coordenado ataques reivindicados por uma seita radical islamita matou pelo menos 143 pessoas na maior cidade do norte da Nigéria, um funcionário do hospital disse no sábado, quanto fogo de artilharia ainda ecoava em torno de algumas áreas da cidade em expansão.Soldados e policiais invadiram as ruas de Kano, uma cidade de mais de nove milhões de pessoas que continua a ser um importante centro político e religioso no norte muçulmano da Nigéria. Mas sua eficácia permanece em questão, como os corpos uniformizados de muitos de seus colegas estava no necrotério transbordante de Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, o maior hospital de Kano.Um funcionário do hospital que disse que pelo menos 143 pessoas morreram nos ataques na sexta-feira. A contagem incluiu alguns corpos já reivindicados por famílias para o enterro imediato por lei islâmica, disse o funcionário sob condição de anonimato porque não estava autorizado a divulgar a jornalistas.Outros órgãos podem estar mentindo .
Toque de recolherEm um comunicado divulgado na noite de sexta-feira, o porta-voz da polícia federal Olusola Amore disse atacantes alvo cinco edifícios da polícia, dois escritórios de imigração e da sede local do Serviço de Segurança do Estado, a polícia secreta da Nigéria.O Nwakpa Nwakpa, um porta-voz da Cruz Vermelha nigeriana, disse que os voluntários ofereceram os primeiros socorros aos feridos e evacuados os feridos graves para hospitais locais. Ele disse que as autoridades continuaram a recolher cadáveres espalhados em torno dos locais dos ataques. Uma pesquisa de dois hospitais da Cruz Vermelha mostrou pelo menos 50 pessoas ficaram feridas no ataque desta sexta-feira, disse ele.Autoridades estaduais declararam o toque de recolher de 24 horas na sexta-feira como residentes escondeu dentro de suas casas no meio da luta.Um porta-voz do Boko Haram usando o nome de guerra Abul-Qaqa reivindicou a responsabilidade pelos ataques em uma mensagem aos jornalistas. Ele disse que o ataque veio como o governo estadual se recusou a libertar os membros Boko Haram detidos pela polícia.Boko Haram já realizou ataques cada vez mais sofisticados e sangrenta em sua campanha para implementar a lei Shariah rigorosa em toda a Nigéria, uma nação multi-étnica de mais de 160 milhões de pessoas.da News 24 Breaking News.First
Death toll soars after Nigeria attacks
2012-01-21 18:44
Kano - Co-ordinated attacks claimed by a radical Islamist sect
killed at least 143 people in north Nigeria's largest city, a hospital official
said on Saturday, as gunfire still echoed around some areas of the sprawling
city.
Soldiers and police officers swarmed over streets in Kano, a city of more than nine million people that remains an important political and religious hub in Nigeria's Muslim north. But their effectiveness remains in question, as the uniformed bodies of many of their colleagues lay in the overflowing mortuary of Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano's largest hospital.
A hospital official there said at least 143 people died in the attacks on Friday. The count included some bodies already claimed by families for immediate burial per Islamic law, the official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to disclose the figure to journalists.
Other bodies could be lying at other clinics and hospitals in the city.
Curfew
In a statement issued late on Friday, federal police spokesperson Olusola Amore said attackers targeted five police buildings, two immigration offices and the local headquarters of the State Security Service, Nigeria's secret police.
Nwakpa O Nwakpa, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Red Cross, said volunteers offered first aid to the wounded, and evacuated those seriously injured to local hospitals. He said officials continued to collect corpses scattered around sites of the attacks. A survey of two hospitals by the Red Cross showed at least 50 people were injured in Friday's attack, he said.
State authorities declared a 24-hour curfew late on Friday as residents hid inside their homes amid the fighting.
A Boko Haram spokesperson using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message to journalists. He said the attack came as the state government refused to release Boko Haram members held by the police.
Boko Haram has carried out increasingly sophisticated and bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict Shariah law across Nigeria, a multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people.
Soldiers and police officers swarmed over streets in Kano, a city of more than nine million people that remains an important political and religious hub in Nigeria's Muslim north. But their effectiveness remains in question, as the uniformed bodies of many of their colleagues lay in the overflowing mortuary of Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital, Kano's largest hospital.
A hospital official there said at least 143 people died in the attacks on Friday. The count included some bodies already claimed by families for immediate burial per Islamic law, the official said on condition of anonymity as he was not authorised to disclose the figure to journalists.
Other bodies could be lying at other clinics and hospitals in the city.
Curfew
In a statement issued late on Friday, federal police spokesperson Olusola Amore said attackers targeted five police buildings, two immigration offices and the local headquarters of the State Security Service, Nigeria's secret police.
Nwakpa O Nwakpa, a spokesperson for the Nigerian Red Cross, said volunteers offered first aid to the wounded, and evacuated those seriously injured to local hospitals. He said officials continued to collect corpses scattered around sites of the attacks. A survey of two hospitals by the Red Cross showed at least 50 people were injured in Friday's attack, he said.
State authorities declared a 24-hour curfew late on Friday as residents hid inside their homes amid the fighting.
A Boko Haram spokesperson using the nom de guerre Abul-Qaqa claimed responsibility for the attacks in a message to journalists. He said the attack came as the state government refused to release Boko Haram members held by the police.
Boko Haram has carried out increasingly sophisticated and bloody attacks in its campaign to implement strict Shariah law across Nigeria, a multiethnic nation of more than 160 million people.