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Explosions and gunfire rocked restive city of Damaturu, Kano state was rocked by explosions and gunfire on Friday, 06/7/2012...the shootings and exxplosions lasted over two hours according to residents of the affected area.
Gbadegeshin Toyin, Police spokeswoman said:
“There have been huge explosions and sporadic gunfire around (the) Shagari Low Cost area of the city, in Yobe state of which Damaturu is the capital.
“We still don’t have details of what is going on but we have alerted our men to confront any eventuality,”
Damaturu is near Boko Haram’s base of Maiduguri, is under curfew, with residents forced to be in their homes from dusk to dawn following running clashes between troops and Islamists last month.
Residents are now stranded in their homes due to the dusk to dawn curfew imposed in Damaturu by the Yobe state government.
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