This Week's Islamic Massacres > 28 human skulls found and 87 people kidnapped in hapless, hopeless Nigeria

 

Dozens of human skulls found in Nigerian forests

Suspects in the case fled during raids on criminal camps in Abia State, police spokesperson Maureen Chinaka has said

Published 29 Sep, 2026 10:39 | Updated 29 Sep, 2026 13:25

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At least 28 skulls of suspected kidnap victims have been recovered from outlaw forest hideouts in southeastern Nigeria, the African nation’s law enforcement authorities have reported.

Police found the skulls and other bones during raids on Saturday in the Umuaku and Nneato forests of Abia State. The suspects fled before officers could arrest them, police spokesperson Maureen Chinaka said.

“The criminal camps were subsequently dismantled. Investigation is ongoing, while monitoring of the area continues, and efforts are intensified to apprehend the fleeing suspects,” Chinaka said in a statement.

The remains were found during a weekend of mass abductions elsewhere in Africa’s most populous nation. Armed men seized at least 47 farmers harvesting peanuts in Niger State on Saturday, while about 40 women were kidnapped in neighboring Zamfara on Sunday, AFP reported, citing security reports and a local source. The Nigerian Army said it foiled two other abduction attempts in Zamfara on Sunday and rescued 10 people.

Nigeria has faced a security crisis for more than a decade, marked by kidnappings by jihadist groups and armed gangs. Boko Haram, its Islamic State-linked offshoot Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), and Ansaru have abducted civilians, while gangs locally known as bandits seize people for ransom, particularly in the northwest and north-central regions. Security consultancy SBM Intelligence recorded 7,825 people abducted nationwide between July 2025 and June 2026, a 66% rise on the previous year.

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The police raids in Abia took place in Umunneochi district, where gunmen have targeted travelers and residents for years. The state government ordered more checkpoints and told people living in the forests to leave after the kidnapping of Methodist Church leader Samuel Kanu-Uche there in 2022.

A local archbishop described Umunneochi at the time as a “money making center for kidnappers.” 

The violence has continued despite a nationwide security emergency declared by President Bola Tinubu, the recruitment of more police personnel and forest guards, and increased security cooperation with the US.

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Around 200 American troops were deployed to Nigeria in February to support counterterrorism operations. Most have since withdrawn, and Nigeria said the main force was expected to leave by the end of September, with a smaller advisory team remaining.

US Africa Command called the mission a success, saying a joint operation killed Abu-Bilal al-Minuki and other senior Islamic State figures and disrupted the group’s wider network. Nigerian opposition politician Samuel Memeh disagreed, telling RT the deployment “has not yielded significant improvements” in security.

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For something completely unexpected > School kidnappers go on trial in Nigeria

 

Nigeria opens trial over mass school abduction

The defendants face terrorism charges over the kidnapping of 39 pupils and seven teachers in Oyo State

Published 18 Sep, 2026 11:10 | Updated 18 Sep, 2026 12:15

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Five alleged members of the Islamist group Ansaru have gone on trial in Nigeria in connection with the kidnapping of 46 students and teachers in the state of Oyo. 

All five denied seven terrorism-related charges against them, local news agency Punch reported on Thursday, citing the country’s state security service.

Mahmud Muhammad, Abubakar Abbas, Abdulrazak Umar, Yunusa Musa, and Shamsu Sani appeared before Federal High Court Judge Salim Ibrahim in Abuja, according to Reuters. The defendants face prison terms ranging from 20 years to life if convicted, while they could face the death penalty if prosecutors prove that deaths resulted from the kidnappings under Nigeria’s 2022 anti-terrorism law.

An anonymous prosecution witness said the attack took place on May 15, when armed men targeted three schools in Oyo State’s Oriire district. The witness, identified in court only as “AAA” for security reasons, said: “School activities had just started when we heard gunshots,” according to Premium Times. She told the court that 39 pupils and seven teachers were abducted and remained in captivity for 56 days.

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The witness said the captives were moved between six locations and forced to sleep on grass in rain and hot weather, Punch reported. She also said they suffered from severe shortages of food and water during their captivity. “We had to drink the dirty water just to survive,” the witness stated.

Nigerian security forces rescued 39 pupils and six teachers in July and arrested eight suspected kidnappers, the presidency said at the time. One teacher had been killed in captivity, while security personnel were wounded by explosives during an earlier rescue attempt.

Ansaru emerged as an armed splinter group of Boko Haram and publicly announced its existence in January 2012. The group maintains close ties with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM).

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The region has been at the center of a longstanding Islamist insurgency, with mass abductions, including the 2014 kidnapping of more than 270 Chibok schoolgirls. In June, the Nigerian Army said it had rescued 360 hostages, including women and children, from a Boko Haram enclave in the state of Borno.

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This Week's Islamic Massacres > Pakistan suicide bomber and gunfight kill 31; 37 Nigerian prisoners die in overcrowded cell

 

Pakistan police complex attack kills 31, injures over 100 as gunfight continues

Militants storm Kohat police HQ as deadly siege drags into second day

Last updated: September 19, 2026 | 11:38

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Army personnel stand amid the rubble following an explosion inside the police headquarters at Kohat in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on September 18, 2026.

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Kohat: The death toll from an explosion and gun attack at a police headquarters in northern Pakistan rose to at least 31, including 16 police personnel, a senior police official told AFP on Saturday, with fighting ongoing.

Attackers stormed the Old Police Lines complex at Kohat, a town of around 220,000 people in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, on Friday afternoon.

The police compound serves as a district-level police headquarters, housing key offices of the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), Special Branch and several other police units.

"At least 31 people, including 16 police personnel, have been killed and more than 100 injured so far in the militant attack and suicide bombing," the official said.

"Several militants are still holed up in the Special Branch section of the Kohat Police Complex," the police official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

An exchange of fire with them has been ongoing since late last night. Their exact number remains unclear," the official added. 

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A statement from the Kohat district health officer late on Friday said that more than 100 people had been injured, the vast majority of them police personnel, and several were in a critical condition. 

Local militant group Ittehad-ul-Mujahideen Pakistan, a faction linked to Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) -- the Pakistani Taliban -- has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Rubble, blown-out walls

AFP images showed military personnel standing by piles of bricks, rubble and blown-out walls following the attack, with soldiers carrying assault rifles guarding the complex.

Several ambulances were seen lining a street near the police compound.

Pakistan has blamed the increase in attacks in KP and the southern border province of Balochistan on militancy emanating from Afghanistan, where the Taliban government denies Afghan involvement. 

The accusations have sparked a bitter rift and armed conflict between the neighbouring countries, and Pakistan has carried out deadly airstrikes it says target militants on Afghan soil.

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Pakistan car bomb attack: At least 15 killed, three injured in police checkpoint assault

Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif condemned the attack on Friday evening, expressing "deep sorrow and regret over the injury of several people as a result of the blast". 

He directed the "best medical assistance be provided to the injured" and called for a report into the attack.

President Asif Ali Zardari expressed "regret" over the casualties, sending his "best wishes for the speedy recovery of those injured in the blast".

"The complete elimination of Fitna-al-Khawarij and terrorists operating with foreign backing is essential for national security," he said, using another term for the TTP group.

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Car bomb attack near mosque in Pakistan kills 21, injures 100

By Pedro Oliveira Jr.

An injured man receives medical treatment at Lady Reading Government Hospital following a suicide bomb blast at a mosque in Kohat district, Peshawar, Pakistan. At least 21 people, including 15 police officials, were killed, and more than 100 injured. Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- At least 21 people were killed and more than 100 injured Friday when a car carrying explosives detonated near a mosque in a police compound in Pakistan.

Following the explosion, police in Kohat said, at least seven "terrorists" stormed the compound and exchanged gunfire with officers, Dawn reported.

Six of the attackers, which included a suicide bomber, were killed in the initial gunfight. The last attacker was cornered by police and killed later.

Among the dead were 15 police officers and a 4-year-old child.

Local reporters said the attack was claimed by Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a faction of the Pakistani Taliban that supports a strict version of Islamic law.

"The nation's morale cannot be dampened by cowardly acts of terrorism," Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi told reporters.

President Asif Ali Zardari called for the "complete elimination" of the terrorist group, and expressed "his best wishes for the swift recovery of those injured in the explosion."

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed grief in a statement on X.

"The nation is standing with the families of the martyrs in this moment of grief," he said.

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37 Nigerians suspected of illegal mining die in custody

By Lisa Hornung

Family members stand outside the General Hospital to claim the bodies of their relatives in Minna, Niger State, Nigeria, Friday. Niger State Governor Mohammed Umar Bago has confirmed that 37 suspected illegal miners died while in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps. Photo by stringer/EPA

Sept. 18 (UPI) -- Thirty-seven people detained in Nigeria for alleged illegal mining died while in custody Thursday, provoking protests after survivors say they were crammed into a cell with little to no air.

The men were found dead in their cell in a jail in Niger state in the northwestern part of Nigeria, near Benin.

The victims' bodies were taken to the state capital Minna to be examined.

The agency that detained them, the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, at first blamed the deaths on "a suspected disease," The New York Times reported. But a survivor said that there were more than 60 people in a single cell with very little ventilation, food or water.

"We kept banging on the door," Dauda Shehu, 38, said in a phone interview with The Times from a hospital.

Shehu said he was lucky to be close to the cell door, where there was a tiny opening for air.

"When people started dying, we kept calling out to them, but they did not listen," Shehu said of the authorities. Some of those who died were denied water, so they drank their own urine, he said.

A family member whose 17-year-old brother was among the dead, asked how a disease could have killed so many detainees without affecting the guards, the BBC reported.

The father of a victim said relatives went to the NSCDC office trying to get their family member released, but were repeatedly told to return later.

"Unfortunately, the following day we got the news that our children had died," he told the BBC.

The men's deaths ignited ire in the area, triggering protests. Hundreds of protesters were in the streets of Minna, where the miners had been arrested. Police responded with gunfire and tear gas, and some protesters rioted and burned a government building, witnesses told The Times.

The incident was under investigation, said Mohammed Umar Bago, governor of the state. He said several officials were suspended and urged the protesters to remain calm. Bago declared three days of mourning and postponed the start of campaigning for elections, which are scheduled for January.

The men had been detained for illegal mining, which is common in parts of Africa. Many of the mines are managed by criminal and armed groups or by far away companies that exploit the miners.

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This Week's Islamic Massacres > Pakistan suicide bomber kills 14 at peace rally; 30 Christians slaughtered in Nigeria; 30 more murdered as Christian village destroyed by Fulani Herdsmen

 

Pakistan: Muslim murders at least 14 people in jihad suicide bombing at peace rally

Aug 5, 2026 8:00 am By Robert Spencer2 Comments

Well, here is as vivid and precise an illustration of why Islam is not actually a religion of peace as anyone could ask for. No one, however, of any power or influence will be paying attention, and the establishment will continue to obfuscate the cause of this kind of behavior, as it has done for decades now.

Suicide bombing, by the way, derives its justification from the Qur’an: “Indeed, Allah has bought from the believers their lives and their wealth, because the garden will be theirs, they will fight in the way of Allah and will kill and be killed. It is a promise that is binding on him in the Torah and the Gospel and the Qur’an. Who fulfills his covenant better than Allah? Rejoice then in your bargain that you have made, for that is the supreme triumph.” (Qur’an 9:111)

At least 14 killed in suicide attack in Pakistan during peace rally

WION, August 2, 2026 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

At least 14 people were killed, including police officers and close to two dozen injured in a suspected suicide bombing outside a police station in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday evening. According to a Swat District Police Officer (DPO) the suicide bomber identified as Umar detonated explosives after police personnel attempted to stop and search him at the entrance of the police station.

The attack occurred in Kabal town in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, where protesters had gathered near a police station, raising anti-militant slogans and demanding peace, when the incident happened….

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far but suspicion are being raised on the Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pkistan [sic], or TTP….

 

Another slaughter of Christians in Nigeria

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HEARTBREAKING: 30 Christians were slaughtered in Naridon Village, Kaduna, Nigeria. 

The mainstream media will not say a word about it. The persecution of Christians around the world is a genocide and the world is silent. Stop Christian Genocide in Nigeria.

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The X post reports the July 26-27, 2026 attack in Naridon village, Kauru LGA, Kaduna State, where gunmen killed about 30 residents, mostly Christians including 10 women and 11 children, with houses burned and survivors injured.

While the numbers are the same as the brief story above, the following appears to have happened in a different state in Nigeria.

Nigeria: Muslims murder 30 in jihad raid on Christian village as people were in churches

Aug 20, 2026 12:00 pm By Robert Spencer4 Comments

The idea is to maximize the terror that the victims feel, in accord with the Qur’anic command: “Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy…” (Qur’an 8:60)

Over 30 feared dead, 50 houses torched as terrorists attack Plateau community

by Lekkyez Auta, Daily Post, August 17, 2026:

A resident of the community, Lonji Zuhumnan, who confirmed the carnage to DAILY POST on Monday morning, said the rampaging gunmen numbering over 100 and armed with sophisticated weapons stormed the community at about 7:30am, shooting sporadically for several hours, killing the victims, injuring others and setting houses and food silos ablaze….

“Our community, Jwak Maitumbi, came under severe attack yesterday (Sunday) morning,” Zuhumnan said.

“The Fulani terrorists numbering over 100 and carrying sophisticated weapons stormed the village at about 7:30am as people were either in churches or preparing to go to their worship centres. They started shooting sporadically while the residents scampered for safety, and in the process, several people were gunned down by the attackers.

“At the end of the carnage, we counted over 30 dead bodies while several others were injured. Apart from the people they slaughtered, the terrorists also burned down over 50 houses, shops, health centres, churches and food barns.

“They also entered our farms and destroyed crops planted. While the assailants were having a field day, frantic calls made to security personnel in Mangu were futile as the soldiers did not come until the attackers had finished their mission and fled into the bushes and rocks,” the youth leader said.