Militant Islamist group Boko
Haram has followed up its declaration of “war” on Christians in
Nigeria with a threat to kidnap Christian women as part of its latest
“campaign of terror”.
“We
are going to put into action new efforts to strike fear into the
Christians of the power of Islam by kidnapping their women.”
Boko Haram, which has been
fighting to establish an Islamic state in Northern Nigeria since
2009, has stepped up since Christmas its efforts to drive Christians
out of the region.
The
spokesman said:
“We will create so much effort to end the Christian presence in our push to have a proper Islamic state that the Christians won’t be able to stay.”The Christian community has been targeted in a series of church bombings and attacks on individuals this year; the violence is having the intended effect of driving Christians from the North. Many are heading to the mainly Christian South, while others are crossing the border into Cameroon.
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