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At least 19 people have reportedly been killed near the town of Tafawa Balewa, in the Nigerian state of Bauchi.
Violence Claims Nearly Two Dozen Lives in Nigeria’s Bauchi State 2011
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Balewa, were assassinated. aring Canadian uniforms.
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A 1966 coup led primarily by army officers from the Igbo ethnic group from Nigeria's southeast shot and killed Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, a northerner, as well as the premier of northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello.
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The Bauchi state police chief told The Associated Press on Thursday that the attack took place at about 6 a.m. in the town of Tafawa Balewa.
The Seattle Times 2011
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A 1966 coup led primarily by army officers from the Igbo ethnic group from Nigeria's southeast shot and killed Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, a northerner, as well as the premier of northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello.
SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By JON GAMBRELL 2011
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A 1966 coup led primarily by army officers from the Igbo ethnic group from Nigeria's southeast shot and killed Prime Minister Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, a northerner, as well as the premier of northern Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Tafawa Balewa and the surrounding villages have been plagued with ethnic tensions for more than 20 years.
The Seattle Times 2011
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The crowd quieted slightly for Ribadu, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, but his face was missing from the posters and placards waved by supporters who crowded into Tafawa Balewa Square.
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Bukata Zhyadi, traditional elder of a Christian ethnic group, said nine bodies had been found at dawn on Sunday in the town of Tafawa Balewa in Bauchi state.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Mike Pflanz 2012
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The crowd quieted slightly for Ribadu, the candidate of the Action Congress of Nigeria, but his face was missing from the posters and placards waved by supporters who crowded into Tafawa Balewa Square.
The Seattle Times 2011
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