The leader of Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the bombing of the capital Abuja last week, reports CNN.
A man claiming to the be the leader, Abubakar Shekau, asserting that the bomb attack was due to the Nigerian government’s collaboration with the United states, warned of further violence.
Human Rights Watch claims that over 3000 people have been killed in Boko-Haram related violence in the past 5 years. The Boko Haram group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the Unite States government last year.
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A man claiming to the be the leader, Abubakar Shekau, asserting that the bomb attack was due to the Nigerian government’s collaboration with the United states, warned of further violence.
“This is a prelude” said the man.The Boko Haram movement, whose name means ‘western education is a sin’, is also suspected of being responsible for the recent kidnapping of over 100 schoolchildren.
Human Rights Watch claims that over 3000 people have been killed in Boko-Haram related violence in the past 5 years. The Boko Haram group was proscribed as a terrorist organisation by the Unite States government last year.
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