17 Nov 2015

BOKO Haram Terror group rated World's deadliest, ISIS second







According to data collected by the Global Terrorism Database (GTD), Boko
Haram killed 6,644 people in 2014 in comparison to ISIS's 6,073.
A new report by the Global Terrorism Index has rated terror group, Boko Haram
world's deadliest terrorist organisation, overtaking the Islamic State (ISIS).
Over the years, the report said, Nigeria witnessed a
300 per cent rise in
fatalities from terror acts to 7,512 - which was described as the largest
increase in terrorist-caused deaths ever recorded by any country.
Nigeria ranked fifth in the highest levels of deaths in 2013, but moved to
second in 2014. This is largely believed to have been possible by Boko
Haram's expansion.
The group, which is also known as Islamic State’s West’s Africa province
(ISWAP), was initially domiciled in Nigeria but branched out to neighboring
countries like Chad and Cameroon overtime.
It has so far, according to the report, launched about 46 attacks in Chad and
Cameroon, resulting to 520 deaths.

However, the Nigerian army has lately intensified assaults on the terrorists'
hideout in the northeast of the country - the counter attacks have fairly recorded
successes, with many towns under the authority of the group recaptured and
several arms and bomb-making factories seized.
Sadly, the bombings and killings by have not stopped.
President Muhammadu Buhari had given the military a December ultimatum to
rid the country of the terrorists.

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