Eight Bus Passengers are Killed by a Roadside Bomb in Northeastern Nigeria
According to officials, a roadside bomb in northeastern Nigeria that Islamic extremists likely set killed eight people and injured over a dozen others. According to a statement from Borno state police spokesperson Nahum Daso, the bus ran over the explosive device on Saturday when it was moving along the Damboa-Maiduguri route in the war-torn state.
In order to combat Western education and enforce their extreme interpretation of Islamic law, Islamic extremists affiliated with the Boko Haram group took up guns in 2009. According to the United Nations, the conflict, which is Africa’s longest battle with militancy, has spread to Nigeria’s northern neighbors and resulted in the deaths of almost 35,000 civilians and the displacement of over 2 million people.
Previously ruling dozens of communities in the area, the militants have mainly been driven to isolated woods and the outskirts of Lake Chad. In neighborhoods where security personnel are outnumbered and outgunned, they nonetheless continue to conduct ambushes and indiscriminate attacks.
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