Nigeria: Insurgent - Foreign Fighters, Doctors With Boko Haram

27 October 2013

What had been widely suspected, but without much evidence, was confirmed at the weekend, as a captured Boko Haram insurgent revealed that extremists from three neighbouring countries were fighting in the ongoing terrorist attacks in the northeastern part of the country on the side of the sect.

He also said there were doctors, professionals and artisans within the Boko Haram sect. The account of the sect member reinforces fears that the Islamic militant sect, Boko Haram, is getting closer to al-Qaida affiliates and that radical movements are spilling across national boundaries.

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