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Boko Haram kills nine in Nigeria attacks
[AlAhram] Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...fighters have killed nine people in two separate attacks in northeastern Nigeria, looting and torching a village and ambushing three farmers, officials and local militia forces said Wednesday. Fighters packed in trucks stormed into the village of Molai just before sunset on Tuesday, when villagers were preparing to pray and break their fast for the Moslem holy month of Ramadan. The jihadist button men, loyal to Boko Haram chief Abubakar Shekau  ... the lunatic leader of Boko Haram who has been reported dead at least eleven times, pledged his body and soul to ISIS, told his fighters to hang it up once or twice, and been fired by the Caliph and refused to step down ..., killed six people and burned dozens of homes. Usman Kyari, who heads the state Emergency Management Agency, said six bodies were collected after the attack. All had been rubbed out. "The gunnies burnt around 40 homes and looted goods," Kyari said. Molai, which is five kilometres (three miles) from Borno state capital Maiduguri, has been repeatedly attacked by the jihadists. A member of a militia force, which fights alongside regular government soldiers, said the Boko Haram fighters were too many and they were overpowered. "We all withdrew from the village," the militia soldier said. Later, Nigerian aircraft bombed the area, and the jihadists retreated, he added. In a separate attack, Boko Haram fighters killed three farmers near the town of Konduga, 38 kilometres (24 miles) outside Maiduguri, militia leader Ibrahim Liman said. "The button men slit the throats of the farmers and dumped their bodies," Liman told AFP. The holy warriors often kill farmers, loggers and herders, accusing them of passing information to the army. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-09 |
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