More than 30 killed in clashes in Nigeria

Thirty four people died in the last 24 hours in clashes between security forces and suspected Islamists in the city of Damaturu, northeastern Nigeria, according to a medical source.  The authorities imposed a curfew of 24 hours in Damaturu, the capital of the Nigerian state of Yobe. According to the intervention force for the state of Yobe, clashes began when security forces tentarm stop a suspected member of the Islamist group Boko Haram. Boko Haram commits since mid-2009 attacks on government leaders against the security forces and Christian minorities of northern cities, a Muslim majority.