Showing posts with label ACTS OF TERROR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ACTS OF TERROR. Show all posts

Sunday, February 23, 2014

STATEMENT ON ATTACKS BY BOKO HARAM IN NORTHERN NIGERIA

FROM:  U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT 

Recent Attacks by Boko Haram

Press Statement
John Kerry
Secretary of State
Washington, DC
February 23, 2014




Unspeakable violence and acts of terror like the ones committed by Boko Haram last week in northern Nigeria are horrific, wrong, and have no place in our world. Last Saturday, a brazen attack on the village of Izge, Nigeria, near the border with Cameroon took the lives of more than one hundred innocent people. Not less than a week had passed before Boko mounted another attack in Bama, setting 1,500 buildings ablaze, killing more than 115 people and leaving many others injured. We support Nigerian authorities' efforts to investigate these cowardly acts and to bring the perpetrators to justice.The people of northern Nigeria deserve to live free from violence and from terror. That’s why the United States is providing counterterrorism assistance to help Nigerian authorities develop a comprehensive approach to combat the threat posed by Boko Haram while protecting civilians and ensuring respect for human rights. We stand with the people of Northern Nigeria in their struggle against violent extremism, and remain a committed partner of the Government of Nigeria as it works to root out Boko Haram and associated groups.

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