Scenes at the prison where gunmen attacked a prison in Abuja. Suspected jihadists using guns and explosives blasted their way into a prison near the Nigerian capital, freeing hundreds of inmates in an operation to release jailed comrades, according to authorities. The brazen attack on the outskirts of Abuja came hours after an ambush on a presidential security convoy in the northwest, in a fresh example of the struggle Nigeria faces to overcome a security crisis.

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