Sea Of Blood: Islamists Kill Hundreds During 12-Hour Attack On Nigerian Town, Homes And Businesses Set Abaze

And these beasts shot dead all who tried to flee the burning flames. For peaceful purposes …

Qur’an: Sura 4:89, “Have no unbelieving friends. Kill the unbelievers wherever you find them.”

By Michelle Faul, Associated Press – “Islamic militants killed hundreds of people in an attack on a border town in Nigeria’s remote northeast, a state government official said Thursday.

Shops and homes were set ablaze and razed in the attack Monday night on Gamboru Ngala, on Nigeria’s border with Cameroon, Borno state information commissioner Mohammed Bulama told The Associated Press by telephone.

He said the fatality ‘figures are high — hundreds — but we are still awaiting details from the military authorities.’

As many as 300 people were killed in the attack, according to local newspapers. The militants sprayed gunfire into the crowds of people at a busy market that is open at night when temperatures cool in the semi-desert region, reported ThisDay newspaper.

Nigerian federal Senator Ahmed Zannah said the attack lasted about 12 hours, according to the newspaper. The insurgents set homes on fire and gunned down residents who tried to escape from the flames, reported the paper.

Zannah blamed fighters of Nigeria’s homegrown Boko Haram terrorist network …” Read more.

Flashback: Islamist Leader In Nigeria: ‘I Enjoy Killing Anyone That [Allah] Commands Me To Kill The Way I Enjoy Killing Chickens And Rams’ – “Abubakar Muhammad Shekau was once thought to have been killed, but has re-emerged to lead Islamist group Boko Haram from the shadows as it carries out a bloody onslaught in northern Nigeria. Very little is known about Shekau, but this week he appeared on YouTube, threatening more attacks and saying Boko Haram was responsible for the January 20 violence which killed 185 people in Kano in reprisal for the arrest and torture of its members…  ‘I enjoy killing anyone that [Allah] commands me to kill the way I enjoy killing chickens and rams.’” Read more.

Flashback: Islamist Leader: ‘Our Religion And Our Way Of Worship Is Nothing But Killings, Killings And Killings … Killing Is My Job’ – “‘I swear by Allah’s holy name that I will slaughter you. I will not be happy if I don’t personally put my knife on your necks and slit your throats. Yes! I’ll slaughter you! I’ll slaughter you! And I’ll slaughter you again and again… I call on all my followers and brethren wherever you are, to rise and take up arms and start killing the vagabond. Kill them, kill them and kill them… By Allah, I will kill you. Killing is my job. Let’s kill them all, we’d rather leave this world. Let the whole world perish! May Allah curse you!’” Read more.

Flashback: For Peaceful Purposes: Nigerian Islamists Slaughter At Least 2,596 In First Three Months Of 2014 – “Although this is the beginning of the second quarter of the year 2014, the nation has had its fair share of grief through various incidents most of which were avoidable. Sadly, as Easter approaches, while some families celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, some others count their losses. Tunde Ajaja writes on the harvest of deaths When the onslaught by Boko Haram began sometime in 2009, not many had thought that the attacks would assume such a murderous dimension as it is today.” Read more.