Experts: radical Nigerian Muslim sect spreading its scope after suicide bombing

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Experts: radical Nigerian Muslim sect spreading its scope after suicide bombing

in capital

By Yinka Ibukun, The Associated Press | The Canadian Press – 28 minutes ago

LAGOS, Nigeria - Security experts in Nigeria say a radical Muslim sect is

widening its scope after a suicide bombing this week at police headquarters in

the capital.

Security consultant Innocent Chukwuma says Thursday's bombing, Boko Haram's

first suicide attack, means the radical group is moving beyond its stronghold in

the restive northeast.

The attack killed at least two people in Abuja. The group has previously struck

closer to its stronghold of Maiduguri and is responsible for a string of

killings in the area over the last year.

Maiduguri resident Umaru Giwi said Saturday that police are often too aggressive

in seeking and killing sect members.

Boko Haram, which means " Western education is sacrilege " in the Hausa language,

wants the implementation of strict Shariah law in northern states.