Islamist militants kill 40 college students in Nigeria

[cthulu2016]

Aside from the general failings of religion, there is something specifically and intensely aberrant in a large swath of modern Islam.

I hope everyone recognizes that contemporary Islamists (meaning supporters of Islamic theocracy) are by far the most right-wing, the most reactionary people on the planet. The fact that Christian theocrats are no fans of Islamic theocrats ought not disguise that point in any way. These backward-ass reactionary psychos are precisely what liberalism exists to oppose.

DAMATURU, Nigeria (Reuters) - Suspected Islamist militants stormed a college in northeastern Nigeria and shot dead around 40 male students, some of them while they slept early on Sunday, witnesses said. The gunmen, thought to be members of rebel sect Boko Haram, attacked one hostel, took some students outside before killing them and shot others trying to flee, people at the scene told Reuters.

"They started gathering students into groups outside, then they opened fire and killed one group and then moved onto the next group and killed them. It was so terrible," said one surviving student Idris, who would only give his first name. "They came with guns around 1 a.m. (2400 GMT) and went directly to the male hostel and opened fire on them ... The college is in the bush so the other students were running around helplessly as guns went off and some of them were shot down," said Ahmed Gujunba, a taxi driver who lives by the college.

Boko Haram, which wants to establish an Islamic state in northern Nigeria, has intensified attacks on civilians in recent weeks in revenge for a military offensive against its insurgency. Several schools, seen as the focus of Western-style education and culture, have been targeted.

Boko Haram and spin-off Islamist groups like the al Qaeda-linked Ansaru have become the biggest security threat in Africa's second largest economy and top oil exporter.

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/gunmen-kill-least-26-attack-nigerian-college-110107103.html

[JI7]

1. didn't this happen before, not too long ago

i think it was nigeria then also. where they targeted and killed a bunch of college students.

[enlightenment]

4. Yes, in June and July.

Same group - their "mission" is to stop western style education, so they attack schools.

They killed 13 in June and 42 in July.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24322683

[kelliekat44]

2. Why aren't we outraged about this? I feel so bad for the parents and the victims. nt

[malaise]

3. Suspected Islamist militants

Why did you leave out Suspected?

[JI7]

5. who else do you think would have done it ?

[malaise]

6. The article stated 'suspected' n/t

[Ron Green]

7. Any religion that sees enemies

is a bullshit religion.

[840high]

8. Horrible.