Boko Haram has previously
attacked police stations and prisons, where militant fighters have been held.
Kuje prison, near Abuja’s airport, currently houses dozens of Boko Haram
inmates.
The notorious group has claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital carried out on 2nd of October 2015 Abuja, the group said in a message posted on social media on Sunday evening.
At least 18 people were
killed and 41 ihnjured in the bombings on Friday night, in Kuje, to the west of
Abuja, and in Nyanya, to the east, the authorities said.
The notorious group has claimed responsibility for twin bomb attacks on the outskirts of Nigeria’s capital carried out on 2nd of October 2015 Abuja, the group said in a message posted on social media on Sunday evening.
Suspicion immediately fell
on the Islamist militants, who last year said they were behind two attacks in
Nyanya that left more than 90 dead.
The claim of responsibility
on Twitter was signed by Islamic State in West Africa Province, used by Boko
Haram since its pledge of allegiance to the militants in Syria and Iraq in
March.
It showed photographs of
three men in combat fatigues, holding automatic weapons and in front of the
group’s insignia, and claimed they had carried out “martyrdom operations”.
The police on Saturday said
“preliminary investigations revealed the bomb blasts were carried out by two
suicide bombers a male and a female”.
The Arabic message said the
trio’s targets were police stations in Nyanya and Kuje, calling them
“strongholds of the apostates (non-believers)”, according to the SITE
Intelligence Group.
One militant attacked
Nyanya, the other two Kuje, it said.
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