Christian Martyrs by Gustave Dore

Christian Martyrs by Gustave Dore

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Nigeria: Muslims murder three more Christians hours after jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murder 10 at church

From Jihad Watch:


Nigeria: Muslims murder three more Christians hours after jihad-martyrdom suicide bomber murder 10 at church
Will the Islamophobia never end?

"Gunmen kill three near Nigerian flashpoint city," from AFP, March 12 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):

Gunmen shot dead three Christians in Nigeria near the flashpoint city of Jos, hours after 10 people were killed in a suicide bombing and related violence at a church, an official said Monday.
In a separate incident in the northern city of Kano, gunmen in a car opened fire early Monday on a police station that has been the target of several attacks, wounding two officers, according to residents.

The gunmen near Jos struck late Sunday in a village south of the city where Christian-Muslim tensions ran high after the church attack, state government spokesman Pam Ayuba told AFP, though the two attacks were not thought to be linked.

"Unknown gunmen, in an apparent ambush late Sunday, waylaid and shot dead three people and injured three others -- all Christians -- in Chugwi village," Ayuba said....

The shootings came hours after a suicide attack outside a Roman Catholic church in Jos killed seven people, sparking panic and reprisals in which security forces opened fire and youths clashed, leaving three others dead.

It was the second suicide attack on a church in the city in two weeks, after a February 26 attack claimed by Islamist group Boko Haram killed three people and injured dozens....

Posted by Robert on March 12, 2012 8:54 AM

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