A group of men identified by Nigerian police as Boko Haram extremist fighters and leaders are shown to the media, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)
Posted on 12/31/2019 5:31:46 PM PST by ebb tide
A group of men identified by Nigerian police as Boko Haram extremist fighters and leaders are shown to the media, in Maiduguri, Nigeria, Wednesday, July 18, 2018. (Credit: Jossy Ola/AP.)
LAGOS, Nigeria - Father Francis Arinse, communications director of the Catholic Diocese of Maiduguri, confirmed that a bride-to-be, Martha Bulus, and her bridal party were beheaded Dec. 26 at Gwoza, in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state.
Arinse told Catholic News Service that Bulus and her companions were traveling from Maiduguri to her Dec. 31 wedding when they were killed.
“They were beheaded by suspected Boko Haram insurgents at Gwoza on their way to her country home,” he told CNS. He added that Bulus used to be his parishioner at St. Augustine Catholic Church, Maiduguri, after he was first ordained.
Arinse said there had been a series of abductions in the area recently. He said government agencies must beef up security in northeast Nigeria to prevent a recurrence.
Several international media outlets reported Dec. 26 that the Islamic State group released a video showing it had beheaded 10 Christians and shot an 11th Dec. 26. The news agencies said they were unable to confirm the contents of the video but described the victims as men. IS said the beheadings were payback for the late-October killing of its leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghadi.
In a related development, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the Nigerian chief of army staff, ordered the county’s anti-terrorism unit to increase pressure on terrorists.
Speaking Dec. 30, he said the government would provide the needed support to enable them to pursue the war against insurgency and other criminal activities in the country.
Buratai praised the troops for their dealings with Islamic State of West Africa Province terrorists, formerly Boko Haram, in the region.
“I am glad to be here with you because this is one of the areas that have been quite strategic in the operation,” he said.
“You have done great, and I want to commend you for standing firm against all the criminals … Do not give them any breathing space. That means you must go out at all times, day and night, whether rain or sunshine, and make sure you deal with them. These criminals want to Balkanize our country and we must not allow it,” he said.
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Islam is as Islam does, not as it says.
The punishment for embracing islam is eternity in Hell, nothing more.
Nice people.
Oopsy!
That turns my stomach.
Incidents like this will eventually be Islam’s undoing. Might take a while though.
And the world remains silent as Christians are being slaughtered by Muslims in Nigeria.
These people are animals!
Cut their balls off and feed them to pigs in front of them.
Let them bleed out and the hogs can have a feast.
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No he does understand it. Think about that one.
Nigeria today - a neighborhood near you soon.
Is the OP referring to 2 separate incidents?
Starts out with priest confirming the beheading of a bride & her wedding party, apprehended while traveling to wedding.
Then references the beeading of 10 + shooting of 1, all men, in retaliation for killing of al-Baghdadi.
Boko-haram = animals.
Yeah and Bergoglio is busy slapping Chinese women who are appealing to him for protection. The man is not a heretic... he’s an apostate.
Disgusting!!!
Absolutely appalling!!!
As a Catholic, I cannot express how disgusted this man makes me!
Unfortunately, they have been doing variations on this for 1400 years.
They will continue to do these kind of things.
You need a French Canadian to give you lessons in how to express yourself.
He is, hopefully, one of a kind.
Will the pope denounce this latest Muslim atrocity? Perhaps. But his statement would be so indirect and mushy as to be meaningless. It might go something like this: “Fundamentalists of all faiths must turn away from violence.”
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