In Nigeria, a situation brewing for weeks involving the kidnapping of over 200 schoolgirls has slowly captured global attention. Now, the leader of a violent Islamist group in the African nation has claimed responsibility for the terrifying act.
In Nigeria early Monday morning, a car bomb attack suspected to be the actions of an Islamist militant group killed 71 people and injured dozens more. The blast happened at a densely populated bus station in the country’s capital city, Abuja.
After reports of billowing smoke appearing from the upscale shopping mall where Al-Shabaab Islamist extremists have killed and held hostages in a brazen attack, Kenyan forces are reportedly closing in. At the moment, the terrorist group and the security team are embroiled in an intense gunfight.
