From Jihad Watch:
Nigeria: "Education is Sin" jihadists suspected in murder of soldier guarding church
Books? Haram. Slaughter? Halal. "Suspected Islamists kill Nigerian soldier guarding church," from Agence France-Presse, January 23:
KANO, Nigeria -- Suspected members of an Islamist sect blamed for a series of attacks in Nigeria's north shot dead a soldier guarding a church on Sunday and stole his rifle, an army spokesman said.
Attackers on motorcycles killed the soldier in the city of Maiduguri, army spokesman Lieutenant Abubakar Abdullahi said.
They attacked as he was on his way to buy a charge card for his mobile phone, Abdullahi said.
"He was among an army patrol unit stationed around the church to protect it from attack following spates of armed attacks on churches in the city in recent weeks," he added.
Three such attacks on Christmas Eve killed six people and destroyed one church.
Authorities also said they suspected the sect known as Boko Haram, which launched an uprising in 2009, had been behind recent armed robberies. Officials said the group wanted the money to buy weapons.
Last week, police said three people were killed in an robbery in Maiduguri by gunmen suspected to be sect members, according to police. Residents said five people were killed....Posted by Marisol on January 24, 2011 2:47 AM
Nigeria: "Education is Sin" jihadists suspected in murder of soldier guarding church
Books? Haram. Slaughter? Halal. "Suspected Islamists kill Nigerian soldier guarding church," from Agence France-Presse, January 23:
KANO, Nigeria -- Suspected members of an Islamist sect blamed for a series of attacks in Nigeria's north shot dead a soldier guarding a church on Sunday and stole his rifle, an army spokesman said.
Attackers on motorcycles killed the soldier in the city of Maiduguri, army spokesman Lieutenant Abubakar Abdullahi said.
They attacked as he was on his way to buy a charge card for his mobile phone, Abdullahi said.
"He was among an army patrol unit stationed around the church to protect it from attack following spates of armed attacks on churches in the city in recent weeks," he added.
Three such attacks on Christmas Eve killed six people and destroyed one church.
Authorities also said they suspected the sect known as Boko Haram, which launched an uprising in 2009, had been behind recent armed robberies. Officials said the group wanted the money to buy weapons.
Last week, police said three people were killed in an robbery in Maiduguri by gunmen suspected to be sect members, according to police. Residents said five people were killed....Posted by Marisol on January 24, 2011 2:47 AM
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