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Christians Hacked To Death In Nigeria (Update)
Bos News ^ | 5/27/15 | Stefan J. Bos

Posted on 05/27/2015 5:30:54 PM PDT by markomalley

Islamic militants have hacked to death at least 10 Christians in a remote village in northeast Nigeria, bringing the death toll to some 200 Christians killed within two months, officials say.

Suspected fighters of Boko Haram, or 'Western education is sinful', reportedly entered Pambula-Kwamda village in Adamawa state early Friday, May 22.

"The attackers went into the village around 4:00 am [local time] while residents were still asleep and used machetes to attack their victims," said Maina Ularamu, local government chairman of Madagali, in the north of Adamawa state.

News of the attack was monitored by BosNewsLife Tuesday, May 26, amid communications difficulties caused by an ongoing insurgency. Police also said Tuesday, May 26, that in total at least 23 people died in attacks over the weekend by a nomadic group on three villages in central Nigeria.

The violence came just days after Boko Haram was linked to a suicide attack in the Christian area of Garkida, Adamawa state, that reportedly killed nine people on May 19 and a shooting attack on May 16 in the Wagga region that claimed the of 10 Christians.

MANY KILLED

Many of those killed were members of the Church of the Brethren in Nigeria (EYN). The denomination claims to have lost 1,390 local church branches out of a total of 2,280, with 700,000 members being displaced.

The latest attacks came as elsewhere more than 70 Christians were murdered in the past month in Nigeria's Plateau State, including one pastor, Christian rights activists said.

The body count has piled up after at least a half dozen attacks perpetrated by Muslim Fulani cattle herders, who share some of the ...

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: africa; bokoharam; islam; nigeria
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1 posted on 05/27/2015 5:30:54 PM PDT by markomalley
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To: markomalley

Obummer approves.


2 posted on 05/27/2015 5:31:39 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: markomalley

Obama doesn’t give an obama.


3 posted on 05/27/2015 5:32:45 PM PDT by beethovenfan (Islam is a cancer on civilization.)
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4 posted on 05/27/2015 5:36:17 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: markomalley

SHHHHH.

The Pope is worried about global warming.


5 posted on 05/27/2015 5:40:35 PM PDT by headstamp 2
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"The attackers went into the village around 4:00 am [local time] while residents were still asleep...

Like the typical subhuman scum rat cowards they are.

6 posted on 05/27/2015 5:52:35 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (B. Hussein Obama: 17 acts of Treason and counting.)
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To: markomalley

Their depravity knows no limits.


7 posted on 05/27/2015 5:57:10 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: markomalley

Obama’s friends.


8 posted on 05/27/2015 6:40:58 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: markomalley

Living in a hellhole like that, you’d think they’d have a night watch set.


9 posted on 05/28/2015 8:34:58 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & Ifwater the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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