Nigeria: Security Service Names Mastermind of the Attack on UN Building

1 September 2011

Abuja/Lagos — The State Security Service (SSS) yesterday identified Mamman Nur, an Al-Qaeda linked member of the Boko Haram Sect, as the mastermind of last Friday suicide bomb attack on the United Nations (UN) building in Abuja, which left 23 people dead and many injured.

It added that Mamman Nur has been declared wanted. The SSS also gave details on the car, which was used in the attack, saying it was a Honda SUV, with a Kano State registration Number and purchased in 2002, incidentally, in the same year Boko Haram was founded.

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