06:16 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nFourteen people have been arrested in Nigeria after this week’s attacks on a church and police stations in the northern city of Maiduguri, police say.<\/p>\n
At least 14 people were killed in three explosions, including three people outside St Patrick’s Catholic Church.<\/p>\n
In a separate incident on Tuesday, a Christian preacher was shot dead by gunmen on motorbikes, police say.<\/p>\n
The attacks have been blamed on the Boko Haram Islamist sect, which is fighting to overthrow Nigeria’s state.<\/p>\n
The police say they recovered four AK-47 machine-guns and a motorbike when they made the arrests.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram gunmen on bikes have killed dozens of police officers and politicians in the past year.<\/p>\n
David Usman and one of his secretaries at the Church of Christ in Nigeria were the latest victims of such shootings, police say.<\/p>\n
On Monday, Ibrahim Birkuti, a cleric from a different Muslim tradition who had criticised Boko Haram, was shot dead outside his home in the town of Biu, some 200km (120 miles) south of Maiduguri.<\/p>\n
Boko Haram believes that Western education is wrong.<\/p>\n
In 2009, hundreds of its supporters, including its leader Mohammed Yusuf, were killed in Maiduguri after they attacked police stations.<\/p>\n
Last week, Boko Haram told the BBC it had carried out a series of bombings after President Goodluck Jonathan’s inauguration.<\/p>\n
A sect spokesman said it was also responsible for killing the brother of the Shehu of Borno, one of Nigeria’s most important Islamic leaders.<\/p>\n
The police have made hundreds of arrests and even banned motorbikes at night but have not been able to stop the violence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
Continue reading here:
\nIslamists held for Nigeria raids<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 10 June 2011 Last updated at 06:16 ET Fourteen people have been arrested in Nigeria after this week’s attacks on a church and police stations in the northern city of Maiduguri, police say. At least 14 people were killed in three explosions, including three people outside St Patrick’s Catholic Church. In a separate incident on Tuesday, a Christian preacher was shot dead by gunmen on motorbikes, police say. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":439263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-439262","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment"},"yoast_head":"\n
Islamists held for Nigeria raids - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Islamists held for Nigeria raids - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"10 June 2011 Last updated at 06:16 ET Fourteen people have been arrested in Nigeria after this week's attacks on a church and police stations in the northern city of Maiduguri, police say. At least 14 people were killed in three explosions, including three people outside St Patrick's Catholic Church. In a separate incident on Tuesday, a Christian preacher was shot dead by gunmen on motorbikes, police say.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Islamists held for Nigeria raids\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-10T10:16:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/\"},\"wordCount\":282,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/\",\"name\":\"Islamists held for Nigeria raids - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-06-10T10:16:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Islamists held for Nigeria raids - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Islamists held for Nigeria raids - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"10 June 2011 Last updated at 06:16 ET Fourteen people have been arrested in Nigeria after this week's attacks on a church and police stations in the northern city of Maiduguri, police say. At least 14 people were killed in three explosions, including three people outside St Patrick's Catholic Church. In a separate incident on Tuesday, a Christian preacher was shot dead by gunmen on motorbikes, police say.","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Islamists held for Nigeria raids","datePublished":"2011-06-10T10:16:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/"},"wordCount":282,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/","name":"Islamists held for Nigeria raids - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2011-06-10T10:16:08+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/islamists-held-for-nigeria-raids\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439262"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439262\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}