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Nigerian Militants 'kill 15 And Slit Throats' by Mrchippychappy(m): 11:13pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20865886 Nigerian militants 'kill 15 and slit throats' Suspected Islamist militants killed at least 15 Christians in northern Nigeria, slitting the throats of their victims, witnesses said. The attack happened on Friday near Maiduguri, a stronghold of Islamist militants Boko Haram, but details were slow to emerge. In a second attack, gunmen killed two people, including a policeman, and burnt down government buildings in Maiha, on the border with Cameroon. No group has claimed responsibility. In Musari, near Maiduguri, a school teacher told the Associated Press news agency that gunmen had gathered people into a group before massacring them. The teacher said 15 people had died in the attack; many had had their throats slit. Prisoners escape An unnamed relief worker told Agence France-Presse: "From the information we gathered, the attackers broke into selected homes and slaughtered 15 people in their sleep." "The victims were selected because they were all Christians, some of whom had moved into the neighbourhood from other parts of the city hit by Boko Haram attacks," the relief worker added. The Nigerian military said it had arrested three people and seized weapons following the attack outside Maiduguri. A military spokesman said just five people had been killed. Security officials routinely understate casualty figures in Nigeria. In the attack in Maiha, also on Friday, suspected militants released 35 prisoners from a local prison before setting it on fire, prison and police officials said. Violence linked to the Boko Haram insurgency - a group seeking to impose Islamic law on the country - has claimed hundreds of lives in 2012. Six people died in an attack on a church on Christmas Day, while seven people were killed on Wednesday in Maiduguri, the city where Boko Haram launched its campaign in 2009. Nigeria is divided between a mainly Muslim north and a Christian south. |
Re: Nigerian Militants 'kill 15 And Slit Throats' by qualified(f): 11:37pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
God! These animals at it again? Why kill defenseless people? Why kill someone in his sleep? Why kill someone who has never stopped u from ur worship of whoever u choose? Why ... Osunoriginal and co. Pls inform them that since they can't create any human being, they have no right to take life. 1 Like |
Re: Nigerian Militants 'kill 15 And Slit Throats' by free13: 11:54pm On Dec 30, 2012 |
RIP to the dead. Muslims always killing christians. They are a bunch of lost souls. Later they will say it is a religion of peace. |
Re: Nigerian Militants 'kill 15 And Slit Throats' by onatisi(m): 12:08am On Dec 31, 2012 |
what are Christians still doing in boko haram stronghold areas , this i don't understand ,even if you were born there knowing that ur life is not safe why cant they just relocate for sometime to a safer place |
Re: Nigerian Militants 'kill 15 And Slit Throats' by malele(m): 1:25am On Dec 31, 2012 |
Later one fool will come and tell me azazi created boko haram |
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