Forty gunmen suspected to be terrorists in the early hours of Monday stormed the office of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad in Abuja, where suspects were being held.
Two policemen and one of the gunmen were killed in the incident, the first of its kind in the Federal Capital Territory which had in the past recorded three bomb blasts.Click on read more below....
At least 30 detainees, including some Boko Haram members, were said to have escaped during the Monday attack on the detention facility.But the police denied that terror suspects were among the escapees. They also said that 25 of the 30 detainees had so far been rearrested.
The attack occurred barely 24 hours after twin car bomb blasts at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji, Kaduna State.
The army authorities had on Friday declared 19 Boko Haram leaders wanted and offered rewards of between N50m and N10m for information that could lead to their capture.
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