Mian Shakeel Aslam.....At least 63 people died in attacks and weapons in the northeast of the city Damaturu Nigerian Red Cross said. Witnesses said the bombs hit several targets, including churches and the offices of the State Police in Yobe. The militant Islamic group Boko Haram told a newspaper that was behind the attack and prepared to attack government targets additional. A Nigerian journalist told the BBC he had personally counted about 100 bodies. "I saw 97 bodies in the morgue," said Aminu Abubakar, who is in Damaturu,. "But an official involved in the evacuation said he had 150 bodies, although some were taken by their relatives," he said. President Goodluck Jonathan was "very concerned" about the attack and said his government was working hard to bring the "determined to derail the peace and stability in the country to make a reservation," said a spokesman. A series of attacks on security forces in the nearby city of Maiduguri were also recently attributed to Boko Haram. Nigerian Red Cross official Damaturu Bulama Ibrahim, told the BBC at least 63 people died there. He said two people died in attacks elsewhere. News agencies said the nearby town of Potiskum was also attacked. BBC Jonah Fisher, in the main commercial city of Nigeria, Lagos, said the attack appears to be more bloody strike Boko Haram to date. A local government official, quoted by AFP news agency Damaturu that hundreds of wounded were treated at the hospital. Witnesses said the attacks began on Friday at 6:30 p.m. (1730 GMT) and lasted about 90 minutes. Armed men engaged in clashes with security forces. "Church on Fire"
A Catholic priest told our correspondent in his church was burned and eight other churches attacked. Continue reading the main story
Boko Haram: Chronology of terror 2002: Founded
2009: Hundreds killed when police stormed stations Maiduguri
2009: head of Boko Haram Mohammed Yusuf captured by the army, he went to the police later found dead
September 2010: Hundreds of prisoners released from prison in Maiduguri
December 2010: Jos bombed, killing 80 people and charged with assaulting a New Year's Eve at the headquarters in Abuja
2010-2011: Dozens killed in shootings in Maiduguri
May 2011: bombed several states, after the inauguration of President
June 2011: police headquarters in Abuja bombed
August 2011: the UN headquarters in Abuja bombing
He described youth gangs roam the streets throwing improvised bombs in churches. The attacks came after a triple suicide bombing in Maiduguri barracks in the neighboring state of Borno. Military officials said the three attackers were killed. Boko Haram, which means "Western education is prohibited", launched frequent attacks on police officers and government. A spokesman for the group known as the Contact Daily Trust Nigeria to say who perpetrated the attacks in Maiduguri and Damaturu. "We will continue to attack the formations of the federal government until the security forces to stop the excesses of our members and civilians vulnerable," he said.
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