Nigeria: Iranian Militants Send Nigerian Terrorist After Americans, Israelis in Lagos

20 February 2013

Iranian extremists trained and equipped a Nigerian accomplice to go after American and Israeli interests in Lagos, Nigeria's commercial capital, in a broad-based plot that would have killed many, the State Security Service said on Wednesday.

The proposed attacker, Abdullahi Mustapha Berende, from Kwara State, south-west Nigeria, was tasked by the Iranians with setting up a terrorist cell in Lagos, spying and striking multiple targets, including hotels frequented by Americans and Israelis, the SSS said.

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