Nigeria: At Least 8 Killed After Islamists Bomb Medical College

Because the duty of those who save lives does not benefit those whose duty it is to take them …

Qur’an: Sura 4:89, ”They wish you would disbelieve as they disbelieved so you would be alike. So do not take from among them allies … seize them and kill them wherever you find them …”

By Aminu Abubakar and Robyn Dixon, LA Times – “At least eight people were killed Monday by a bomb blast at the School of Hygiene in the northern Nigeria city of Kano, with suspicion falling on the Islamist militant group Boko Haram.

Nigerian media reported a suicide bomber approached a line of students at the school before detonating the blast. At least 20 people were injured, and the death toll may rise.

Although no group immediately claimed responsibility, Boko Haram has targeted schools and tertiary institutions before because of its bitter opposition to secular education and co-ed schools.

Those killed and maimed Monday were new students who had lined up for a screening, local media reported. Kano’s School of Hygiene trains nurses, midwives, public health workers and others.

The school, just behind the home of Nigeria’s police chief, Mohammed Abubakar, was cordoned off by soldiers and police. Rescue workers from the Nigerian Red Cross and police recovered pieces of human flesh on the concrete-tiled floors with hand gloves and placed them in plastic bags.

Forensic experts combed the scene, while bomb disposal personnel swept the area to ensure no explosives remained. Traffic police and volunteers redirected traffic from the school, which lies on a thoroughfare just outside the ancient city walls.

The college car park bore the main force of the blast, which badly damaged six cars, shattering their windscreens and denting panels. The ground was stained with blood.

Kano, a major West African trading hub, has not suffered as many attacks as towns and villages farther east and north, but there have nonetheless been regular attacks, including a bomb blast last month that killed six people.” 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: Crisis: Islamists Cause ‘The Whole Healthcare System’ To Collapse In Northern Nigeria – “Healthcare services have collapsed in the northern part of Nigeria’s Borno state as doctors, nurses and pharmacists flee for their lives from brutal violence unleashed by Islamist Boko Haram militants. Medical professionals say health services in the region have largely shut down, with mortality rates and vaccination programmes severely hit and pressure heaped on the skeleton staff that remain. ‘The whole healthcare system in northern Borno has collapsed and healthcare delivery is nil,’ said Musa Babakura …” Read more.