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The Islamist terrorist group Boko Haram struck again, killing 48 students in a northeastern Nigerian town, in what is the latest in their five-year insurgency.
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Catholic Online (https://www.catholic.org)
11/10/2014 (9 years ago)
Published in Africa
Keywords: Nigeria, Boko Haram, Islam, Islamic State, Education
LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - A suicide bomber disguised as a student detonated himself during a school assembly at the Government Science Secondary School in the town of Potiskum, killing or wounding nearly 80 students, police reported.
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Nearly 2,000 students were packed into the assembly hall for the weekly gathering.
Boko Haram is notorious for its anti-West and anti-education stances, and it seeks to prevent children-especially girls-from going to school. The group intends to create an Islamic State in Nigeria, and believes that people should only receive an Islamic education.
The insurgency has killed thousands, displacing hundreds of thousands, and has caused a great deal of anger towards the government and military, which many Nigerians believe lack the ability or will to protect them.
Just this month Boko Haram struck twice. A suicide in the same city killed 30 people in early November, and gunmen attacked a religious procession carried out by moderate Muslims.
Yobe state's governor has shut all public schools around Potiskum and harshly criticized the Nigerian government for not tacking more decisive action against the group.
"Urgent action must be taken right now to restore a fast-waning public confidence by doing whatever it takes to stop the escalating violence," Yobe state's governor, Ibrahim Gaidam said.
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