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    June 26, 2011

Bombing of Nigerian Beer Garden Kills 25

   VOA News

   Suspected Islamic militants threw a bomb into a beer garden in
   northeastern Nigeria Sunday, killing 25 people and wounding at least 12
   others.
   Police and witnesses say the attackers drove up to the open-air pub in
   Maiduguri on motorcycles and tossed a bomb into the crowd of drinkers.
   Some witnesses say the attackers also fired gunshots into the crowd.
   Authorities are blaming Boko Haram, an Islamic fundamentalist group
   whose name in the Hausa language means "western education is sinful."
   Maiduguri is the capital of Borno state which has embraced staunch
   Islamic law. Boko Haram is believed to be responsible for a number of
   bombings, shootings, and attacks on police in Borno.

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