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Boko Haram Issues Threats on Refineries

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

The Boko Haram, Nigeria’s main Islamist militant group, have issued threats of a new attack. The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, has threatened to attack the country’s refineries and schools in the southern portion of the country, which is mainly Christian.

“You will in the coming days see your refineries you’re boasting about bombed,” Shekau said. He also stated “Our refinery is Allah.”

Boko Haram fighters will extend their attacks beyond Borno, Yobe and Adamawa, the three northeastern states where President Goodluck Jonathan declared emergency rule last year to combat the insurgents, Shekau said in a video release to the press.

The group is “fighting Christians wherever we meet them and those who believe in democracy, those who pursue Western education,” he said.

 

 

 


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