location: Maiduguri
notes: Four gunmen suspected to be members of a radical Islamist sect opened fire on a group of party politicians in eastern Nigeria. The attackers shot Modu Gana Makanike, an All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP) youth leader, in the chest and head shortly after a political meeting Sunday of party chieftains in the city of Maiduguri.
target_text: location: Maiduguri, fatalities: 1