Thursday, November 19, 2015

Sucide bombings by Boko Haram kill 49 in Nigeria


#bokoharam #ISIS #nigeria #suicidebomber In two suicide bomb attacks in Nigeria, the Boko Haram have killed a total of 49 people - one of these was in the town of Yola where at least 34 people were killed and another 80 wounded. This town is packed with refugees from Nigeria's Islamic uprising. The suicide bomber exploded as truckers were having their dinner at the bustling marketplace where vendors urged them to buy sugar cane.
Subsequently, two more suicide bombers killed at least 15 people in the northern city of Kano and injured 53. As per Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, more than 100 are believed to have been wounded.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 19 November 2015.
These suicide attacks were the latest by Boko Haram which is Nigeria's home-grown extremists - its 6-year insurgency has killed 20,000 and forced 2.3 million to flee their homes.
The outfit Boko Haram has been named as the world's most deadly extremist group in the Global Terrorism Index. Deaths attributed to Boko Haram increased by 317 percent in 2014 to 6,644. In comparison, there were 6,073 deaths blamed on the Islamic State group. Incidentally, Boko Haram had pledged allegiance to IS in March and identifies itself as that group's West Africa Province.

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