Friday, July 19, 2024

This Week's Islamic Massacres > Female Suicide bombers, including one with a baby, kill at least 32 in Nigerian town; At least 21 massacred in Mali village; 9 killed, 20 injured watching Euro 2024 in Mogadishu

 

Nigeria: Suicide bombings kill at least 32 people in northeastern town of Gwoza


Nigeria is reeling from a string of suicide bombings that killed at least 32 people in the northeastern town of Gwoza. Saturday's blasts targeted a wedding, a hospital and a funeral. Meanwhile, opposition parties take more than a third of ministries in South Africa's painfully haggled out new cabinet. Finally, South African scientists are doing what they can to put poachers off from hunting rhinos, including by introducing radioactive material into the animals' horns.

In one of three blasts on Saturday in the town of Gwoza, a woman with a baby strapped to her back detonated explosives in the middle of a wedding ceremony, according to a state police spokesman.

More on this story.





Mali: Muslims murder at least 21 people in jihad attack on village, set fire to buildings, steal livestock

“Similar attacks and armed clashes between militants and militia personnel cannot be ruled out over the coming days,” because the central government appears powerless to stop jihad activity in the region.

Mali: Suspected JNIM militants kill at least 21 people

in Djiguibombo, Mopti Region, July 1

Crisis24, July 3, 2024:

Suspected Jama’at Nasr al-Islam wal Muslimin (JNIM) militants killed at least 21 people in an attack on the village of Djiguibombo, Mopti Region, on July 1. An unspecified number of others were also reported as missing in connection with the attack. The assailants set fire to several buildings and stole livestock amid the assault….

Similar attacks and armed clashes between militants and militia personnel cannot be ruled out over the coming days.





Somalia: Muslims murder nine people, injure 20 

at café crowded with people watching Euro 2024 final

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has declared “all-out war” against al-Shabaab. Meanwhile, al-Shabaab continues to strike with impunity. Hassan Sheikh Mohamud seems unable to do the slightest thing about it.

Kharijites were an early Islamic sect; they rejected both Sunnis and Shia. Muslim authorities today often like to refer to jihadis as Kharijites, so as to imply that they have no legitimacy within Islam. If only that were the case.



Somalia: Nine dead in a car bomb attack in Mogadishu

La Croix, July 15, 2024 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Nine people were killed and 20 others injured in the Somali capital of Mogadishu when a car bomb exploded in front of a crowded café filled with patrons watching the Euro 2024 final Sunday night, security sources said July 15.

“A vehicle loaded with explosives is suspected to have caused the devastating explosion at the restaurant. We have confirmed that at least nine civilians were killed and 20 others injured in the explosion,” Mohamed Yusuf, an official with the national security agency, told AFP. An earlier report indicated five deaths.

Images posted online show a huge fireball and plumes of smoke rising into the night sky as the explosion ravaged the popular downtown establishment.

“A car bomb exploded this evening in front of the Top Coffee restaurant…placed by Kharijite terrorists,” reported SONNA, using the term authorities use to refer to the radical Islamist group, Al-Shabaab….

Al-Shabaab, a jihadist group linked to Al-Qaeda, has carried out numerous bombings and other attacks in Mogadishu and various regions of the troubled country….

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has promised a “total” war against the jihadists. The army has joined forces with local clan militias in a military campaign supported by an African Union force and U.S. airstrikes. Nevertheless, the offensive has faced setbacks, with Al-Shabaab claiming to have captured numerous localities in the country’s center by early 2024….


 


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