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Monday, July 6, 2015
Nigerian Islamic militant group, the Boko Haram, left at least 11 dead in the northeastern town of Miringa on July 3. According to reports, the militants dragged 11 men out of their homes and slit their throats.
Witnesses said the Boko Haram accused the men of being traitors and dragged them out to the Eid prayer ground on the outskirts of the town and killed them.
This is the fifth attack in a week and follows the suicide bombing in a market and military checkpoint in the village of Malari. On July 2 a woman and a girl strapped with explosives blew up the market and checkpoint, killing 13 people. The most deadly attack took place on July 1 when Boko Haram targeted several mosques in Kukawa town, gunning down nearly 100 people while they were at prayer.
The West African country’s recently elected president, Muhammadu Buhari, condemned the attacks calling them “desperate acts” that underscore the need to speed up full deployment of the multi-national army. A task force made up of Nigerian, Chadian, and Cameroonian troops has been having some success against the militants but more needs to be done to rout these societal vermin.
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