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Nigerian Islamists Vow ‘Fiercer’ Attacks Until Strict Sharia is Law of the Land


“KANO, Nigeria — A Nigerian Islamist sect that staged a series of deadly attacks mainly in the country’s north on Wednesday threatened ‘fiercer’ attacks and said it would not enter into talks with the government.

The Boko Haram group, which had two days ago laid down conditions for any talks with government, also disclosed for the first time that it had links with Islamists in Somalia.

‘Dialogue with President (Goodluck) Jonathan has collapsed,’ because of the statements made by the inspector general of police and governor of northern Borno state, the group said.

It said it was angered by the police chief Hafiz Ringim’s declaration that ‘the days of Boko Haram are numbered’.

‘Very soon, we will wage jihad…We want to make it known that our jihadists have arrived in Nigeria from Somalia where they received real training on warfare from our brethren who made that country ungovernable…,’ said the group in a handwritten statement.” Read more.

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