Islamic militants kill at least 162 people in attacks on 2 villages in Nigeria, lawmaker says

Islamic militants kill at least 162 people in attacks on 2 villages in Nigeria, lawmaker says

Armed extremists kill at least 162 people in villages in Nigeria. Death toll estimated to be higher. Rights group blames security lapses.

Pre-Attack Letter Emerges After Mass Killing in Kwara Communities

Ghazali Ibrahim A handwritten letter allegedly sent by Boko Haram weeks before a brutal assault on villages in Kwara State has emerged as residents and witnesses continue to mourn one of the deadliest attacks in recent memory. The militants, formally identified with Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS), reportedly framed the letter as a request to come and “preach and guide” community members, days before storming the Woro and Nuku v…

In a Nigerian village, extremists issued a call to prayer and then slaughtered those who turned up

By Pelumi Salako and Ope Adetayo/AP Weeks after residents of two Nigerian villages ignored a letter from militants announcing they would come to spread their extreme form of Islam, gunmen arrived on motorbikes and embarked on a 10-hour frenzy of killing. The attackers went from door to door, shooting and setting homes and shops ablaze in the mostly Muslim villages of Woro and Nuku. Later, residents told The Associated Press, they went into a mos…