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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

Extremists claim responsibility for Nigerian prison attack

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved

The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on a prison in Nigeria’s capital which freed nearly 900 inmates including 60 of its members.

Nigerian security forces on Thursday continued to search for at least 400 escaped prisoners who are still at large.

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