Two car bombs exploded at a bustling bus terminal and market in Nigeria's central city of Jos (population of the majority of Christians) on Tuesday, May 20, 2014 killing at least 118 people. (Image Share African Globe) Terminus market was full of wounded and leaving streets bodies. Boko Haram is suspected as the Islamic extremist group that abducted nearly 300 schoolgirls last month.
They desire to impose Islamic Law in Nigeria. Two bombs exploded the second blast came half an hour. One bomb was hidden in a truck, the other in a minibus. ensions have been rising between Christians and Muslims in Jos.that divides the country into the predominantly Muslim north and Christian south. It is a flashpoint for religious violence.
Boko Haram has claimed other recent bomb attacks, including two separate bomb blasts in April that killed more than 120 people and wounded more than 200 in Abuja, the nation's capital. President Goodluck Jonathan gave condolences to victims families and said in a statement that he "assures all Nigerians that the government remains fully committed to winning the war against terror."
"This administration will not be cowed by the atrocities of enemies of human progress and civilization," the statement said. President Jonathan has accepted help from several nations including Britain and the United States, in the hunt for the kidnapped girls. The extremists are threatening to sell the girls into slavery if President Jonathan does not free jailed extremists.
Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sinful," has targeted many areas in Nigeria trying to turn it into an Islamic state. According to statistics, half of Nigeria's population of 170 million is Christian. In a statement, President Goodluck Jonathan condemned the bombings as a "tragic assault on human freedom" More than 2,000 people have been killed in the attacks this year.
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