The Islamic jihadist group Boko Haram has inflicted approximately
3,000 deaths in Nigeria, a top army official in the African nation
claims.
Nigerian Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika has given the first official estimate of toll by Boko Haram since it began its terrorist attacks in 2009, according to the Nigerian daily newspaper This Day.
The report comes just days after another series of deadly attacks against Christians in the country.
Press reports say that seven church members were killed Oct. 28 in a bomb attack on a Catholic Church in Kaduna Province.
The reports say a suicide bomber drove a car through the front wall of St. Rita’s Catholic Church in the Malali area of Kaduna and detonated a large load of explosives. Along with the se
Kaduna is on the divide between the Muslim north and Christian south.
In a separate attack, Christian students at Federal Polytechnic State University in the Nigerian city of Mubi in Adamawa state were attacked, beaten and told to renounce their Christian faith or be killed.
The mission group Frontline Fellowship reports that one student named Manasseh says he was left for dead.
“They asked me to recant my Christian faith to spare my life. I refused. After my Muslim roommate quoted some Islamic scripture, he was told to leave the room. They said they were only after these infidels who would all die that day. Then they shot me and slashed my back,” Manasseh said.
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Nigerian Army Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika has given the first official estimate of toll by Boko Haram since it began its terrorist attacks in 2009, according to the Nigerian daily newspaper This Day.
Press reports say that seven church members were killed Oct. 28 in a bomb attack on a Catholic Church in Kaduna Province.
The reports say a suicide bomber drove a car through the front wall of St. Rita’s Catholic Church in the Malali area of Kaduna and detonated a large load of explosives. Along with the se
Kaduna is on the divide between the Muslim north and Christian south.
In a separate attack, Christian students at Federal Polytechnic State University in the Nigerian city of Mubi in Adamawa state were attacked, beaten and told to renounce their Christian faith or be killed.
The mission group Frontline Fellowship reports that one student named Manasseh says he was left for dead.
“They asked me to recant my Christian faith to spare my life. I refused. After my Muslim roommate quoted some Islamic scripture, he was told to leave the room. They said they were only after these infidels who would all die that day. Then they shot me and slashed my back,” Manasseh said.
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