It’s amazing to me Boko Haram has survived this long after massacring so many people in Nigeria over the years, most of them being Christians. I mean we’re talking thousands of people over the last few years and they’ve all been absolutely brutal as Boko Haram tries to implement Sharia law in northern Nigeria. The Nigerian army is either unwilling or unable to stop this group. I’m not sure exactly which but how much longer will this go on before this group is finally taken out?
CBN NEWS – Twelve people died in Nigeria after attacks on two Christian villages this weekend.
Authorities suspect Islamic extremists are behind the violence. The radical Islamic Boko Haram is waging a war to establish Shariah law in northern Nigeria.
One attack took place at a pre-wedding bachelor party. Suspected fighters from Boko Haram opened fire on the group, killing eight people. The assaults are the latest in a string of violence against Christians that began four years ago.
The leader of the group Abubakar Shekau threatened more attacks in a video.
“As for killing, we will kill because Allah says we should decapitate, we should amputate limbs, we should mutilate,” he said.
Shekau made it clear Boko Haram is fighting in the name of Islam.
“They try to brainwash the people that we are fighting an ethnic war,” Shekau said in the video.
“No, we are fighting a religious war, we are fighting Jonathan, we are fighting Christians,” he said, referring to President Goodluck Jonathan.