{{A “large number of gunmen” have attacked a Nigerian police base in the capital, Abuja, where Boko Haram militants are often held, police say.}}<\/p>\n
A police statement said the attack was repelled but that 30 detainees escaped, 25 of whom were recaptured.<\/p>\n
None of those who escaped were held on terror-related charges, it said.<\/p>\n
No group has said it carried out this attack but Boko Haram Islamist militants have staged numerous attacks in Nigeria in recent years.<\/p>\n
The group wants to establish Islamic law in Nigeria and has killed hundreds of people this year, mostly in the mainly Muslim north.<\/p>\n
The attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) headquarters in Abuja comes a day after a double suicide bombing killed 11 people in a church inside a military barracks in Kaduna state, north of the capital.<\/p>\n
The Sars base is near several government buildings and security is normally extremely tight in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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