Monrovia/Abuja (Dpa) - A bomb went off
Monday in the central Nigerian city of
Kaduna, less than a day after members of
the country's radical Islamist group, Boko
Haram, were arrested in the northern city of
Kano.
The explosion happened outside the
National Eye Centre. No casualties have yet
been confirmed.
Fears were raised of revenge attacks after
Nigerian police announced the arrests of
key members of Boko Haram Sunday. They
include Mohammed Aliyu, believed to be
one of the leaders of the group.
Aliyu was arrested at his home in Kano
Sunday, during a shootout between police
and suspected members of the group.
Seven people were killed in the exchange,
including two policemen.
Fourteen suspected members of Boko
Haram, the group founded under the motto
'Western education is a sin', have been
detained in recent days. On Saturday, police
seized a bomb-making factory in Maiduguri,
the group's official base.
In the last week, attacks by suspected
members of the group have targeted
markets, wedding ceremonies and a school
in Nigeria's arid north.
The group claimed responsibility for an
attack on the UN's Nigeria headquarters in
August, which left 23 people dead.
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