Killing And Preaching, Nigerian Militants Carve Out 'caliphate'

Publisher:
Wochit
Publication Date:
9 September 2014
Tags:
Nigeria, Governance, Conflict, Peace and Security, International Terrorism

According to survivors who escaped from the Nigerian town of Gwoza, seized by Boko Haram last month,first comes the killing, then the preaching. Islamist Boko Haram militants carrying automatic rifles and machetes roar into northeast Nigerian towns or hamlets in columns of pickup trucks and motorbikes, and fire at all adult men they see. They often finish them off with knives.

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