Extremists kill 28 in villages in northeastern Nigeria

[Lite Beer]

Extremists kill 28 in villages in northeastern Nigeria
By HARUNA UMAR

BAUCHI, Nigeria (AP) — Boko Haram extremists killed 28 people during attacks on remote villages in northeast Nigeria, members of a civilian defense group said on Friday.

A total of 24 people were killed in an attack Tuesday night in Marfunudi, according to resident Abubakar Jojo. The town is roughly 50 miles from the Borno state capital of Maiduguri.

Jojo said the Islamic extremists slit the throats of many of the victims.

Witnesses said the extremists also attacked the village of Kafa on Thursday, killing four people. Sadiq Kaka, a member of a defense group, said the bodies were thrown into a river.

Word of attacks in remote areas often take days to reach population centers.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian army said that during a search operation in villages suspected to be Boko Haram enclaves in Borno state they discovered and destroyed an improvised explosives device-making factory and arrested three suspected Boko Haram members.

More than 1,000 people have been killed since President Muhammadu Buhari was elected in March with a pledge to wipe out the militants, whose six-year-old uprising has killed a total of 20,000 people. Nearly 2 million have been driven from their homes.

Doctors Without Borders said Friday that 75,000 refugees from Niger, Nigeria and Chad have been displaced from their homes in recent weeks due to attacks in the Lake Chad area.

Earlier this year, troops from Chad and Nigeria drove the extremists out of some 25 towns held for months in what had been declared an Islamic caliphate. The insurgents have returned to hit-and-run tactics and suicide bombings.

Hundreds have been freed from Boko Haram captivity, but none of the 219 girls abducted in April 2014 from a school in Chibok were rescued. Thursday marked the girls' 500th day in captivity.

Defense chiefs have finalized details to deploy 8,750 troops from five countries against Boko Haram, Nigeria's Defense Ministry reported Tuesday, without giving a deployment date

-- (c) Associated Press 2015-08-29

[Steely Dan]

It's not really made much difference to the ongoing violence in Nigeria having a Muslim prime minister in charge. He is obviously not Islamic enough, which is a good thing.

[Saradoc1972]

I bet half of the populace is giving big cheers as in "Hey it's never been nice in our home country, but we can leg it to Europe and cry the a-word."

[Kannikapor88]

The religion of Peace strikes again and later we will see them try to cross the Med to get to the promised land of EU, preferably a country that has large welfare checks ...

[Harsh Jones]

still nothing in the start of the news article that these scum are muslim

[Saradoc1972]

still nothing in the start of the news article that these scum are muslim

Boko Haram means "western education is sin", boko being a local African dialect word, "haram" being arab for "forbidden", as opposed to "halal".

And with slit throats and everything, like a total disregard for human life, humanity, and civilisation ... yes! It's the Religion Of Peace at work.

[simple1]

still nothing in the start of the news article that these scum are muslim

Within the first line it mentions Boko Haram, a very well known Islamic extremist group. As usual with these groups the majority of victims are their fellow Muslims.

http://africanarguments.org/2015/02/16/boko-haram-and-the-kanuri-factor-by-michael-baca/

As per usual in some regions of the world, the Nigerian military have committed numerous human rights abuses against civilians, as well as endemic corruption by the government, that must add fuel to the fire.

Hopefully in the not too far future Boko Haram and affiliated organisations in the region will be eradicated. Wishful thinking, but in parallel government that actually put their electorate above their own interests.