What happens when two hundred members of a radical Muslim sect use assault rifles to free more prisoners in an armed attack? 750 free criminals on the streets of Nigeria. Hit the links to get more on this amazing story in how they did it.
In what seemed like a deleted movie scene from Prison Break or Traitor, there was a massive prison break in Nigeria this week.
Authorities were searching for more than 700 inmates Wednesday who escaped after gunmen attacked a prison in northern Nigeria, police said.
A radical Muslim sect used assault rifles to launch a coordinated sunset raid on a prison in northern Nigeria, freeing more than 100 followers and raising new fears about violence in the oil-rich nation just months before elections.
The attack Tuesday night by the Boko Haram sect left the prison in ruins and showed the group had access to the sophisticated weapons it needed to overpower prison guards. Now the group seeking to impose strict Islamic law on Nigeria may want to take on the government directly, potentially bring a new wave of violence to Africa’s most populous nation.The Nigerian government is “standing flat-footed. They’re on the defensive,” said Mark Schroeder, the director of sub-Saharan Africa analysis for STRATFOR, a private security think tank based in Austin, Texas.
The attackers went cell by cell at the prison in Bauchi, breaking open locks and setting fire to part of the prison before escaping during the confusion with more than 750 inmates, said Bauchi state police commissioner Danlami Yar’Adua.
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These Muslim sects are an embarrassment to the race, and the Muslim who are not radicals. 750 that is bad news for northern Nigeria.