(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - Unknown assailants have slit the throats of nine construction workers at a mosque in the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri, the Army says.The men, who were working on the Shehu of Borno Central Mosque in the city, were butchered at about 01:45 a.m. local time (0045 GMT) on Monday, said a statement from the Nigerian military’s Joint Task Force (JTF)."JTF troops rushed to the area/compound and saw the dead bodies and they were deposited at the mortuary Borno State Specialist Hospital," the statement added.No further details have surfaced regarding the victims, and no one has yet claimed responsibility for the bloodshed.The Army has blamed the attack on “terrorists,” without naming any party in particular. /129
source : AFP
Monday
2 July 2012
7:30:00 PM
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nknown assailants have slit the throats of nine construction workers at a mosque in the northeastern Nigeria city of Maiduguri, the Army says.