Detainees attempted a daring jailbreak at the heavily-fortified State Security Service headquarters in Abuja yesterday, resulting in a shooting that left 21 people dead while two security personnel were injured.
The men who tried to break free were thought to be Boko Haram suspects, though authorities did not make this clear.
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