suicide belt Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/suicide-belt/ The low down on African affairs Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 suicide belt Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/suicide-belt/ 32 32 30 die in Jos twin bomb blasts https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/30-die-jos-twin-bomb-blasts/ Thu, 11 Dec 2014 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2014/12/30-die-jos-twin-bomb-blasts/ Two bombs have exploded in quick succession in the Nigerian city of Jos killing at least 30 people. It follows suicide attacks by women jihadis in Nigeria’s second city of Kano yesterday that left at least four people dead.   Boko Haram’s being blamed for the twin bomb blasts at a crowded marketplace in Jos, […]

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]]> Two bombs have exploded in quick succession in the Nigerian city of Jos killing at least 30 people.

It follows suicide attacks by women jihadis in Nigeria’s second city of Kano yesterday that left at least four people dead.

 

Boko Haram’s being blamed for the twin bomb blasts at a crowded marketplace in Jos, near the scene of a major bombing in May.

Boko Haram’s seeking to establish a caliphate in north eastern Nigeria, and it’s been particularly active in Jos that has a mixed population of Muslims and Christians.

The terrorist have attacked both churches and mosques there.

The group’s killed more than 2 000 people this year.

Police in Kano say they’ve arrested a 13-year-old girl wearing a suicide belt.

 

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