18:53 ET<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nA bomb attack in the north-eastern Nigerian town of Maiduguri has killed at least 25 people and wounded dozens, officials say.<\/p>\n
They say they believe the attack, which occurred in a beer garden, was carried out by the Islamic sect Boko Haram.<\/p>\n
The group believes Muslims should withdraw from Western society.<\/p>\n
It has claimed a number of bombings in north-eastern Nigeria, as well as an attack on police headquarters in the capital Abuja earlier this month.<\/p>\n
Two men on motorcycles attacked a packed beer garden late on Sunday, officials said.<\/p>\n
“The attackers believed to be Boko Haram members threw bombs and fired indiscriminate gun shots on a packed tavern at Dala Kabompi neighbourhood, killing at least 25 people and seriously injuring around 30 others,” a police officer told the AFP news agency.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses Emmanuel Okon told AFP: “I just heard a loud bang followed by sporadic shootings and plumes of black smoke filled the area with people screaming and running in all directions.”<\/p>\n
Boko Haram has recently carried out a wave of attacks targeting police, mainly in the north-eastern state of Borno.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, the group said it was behind the bombing of the national police headquarters in the capital, Abuja.<\/p>\n
The group’s trademark has been the use of gunmen on motorbikes.<\/p>\n
Its leader Mohammed Yusuf and several hundred of his supporters were killed by security forces in Maiduguri in 2009 after the group attacked police stations.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n
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