Boko Haram’s attacks are consistently quite focused, targeting specific practices and institutions that stand in opposition to their intentions to impose Sharia law, the goal of jihad in all its forms. “Bomb rocks troubled northeastern Nigerian city,” by Ibrahim Mshelizza for Reuters, July 22:
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) – Several people were wounded in a bomb blast in Maiduguri on Saturday, a city in remote northeastern Nigeria which has been plagued by almost daily attacks from a radical Islamist sect.
“Three soldiers have been injured in the Saturday evening bomb blast that occurred close to the Palace of the Shehu of Borno,” Hassan Mohammed, an officer in the Joint Task Force (JTF) told Reuters.
The Shehu is a traditional ruler in Borno state, one of the poorest regions in Africa’s most populous nation, close to borders with Chad, Cameroon and Niger.
Witnesses at a local hospital said at least one body from the blast site had been brought to the mortuary.
Boko Haram, which wants sharia law more widely applied across Nigeria, has claimed responsibility for almost daily bombings and shootings in Borno, mostly targeting police, churches and drinking spots….