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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 883205" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="http://au.christiantoday.com/article/muslim-extremists-in-nigeria-kill-christians-in-two-states/12105.htm" target="_blank">(CDN)</a>&nbsp; — Muslim extremists bent on ridding Nigeria’s volatile middle region of&nbsp; Christianity killed five Christians in Niger state on Thursday (Sept.&nbsp; 22) and three others the previous week in the north-central state of&nbsp; Kaduna, including a 13-year-old girl, sources said.Suspected&nbsp; militants from the Boko Haram Islamic sect in the Niger state town of&nbsp; Madala went to shops owned by Christians at a market at about 8 p.m.,&nbsp; ordering them to recite verses from the Quran, eyewitnesses told&nbsp; Compass. If the Christian traders were unable to recite the verses, the&nbsp; gunmen shot and killed them, they said.The sound of the gunshots&nbsp; compelled Christians to call police in nearby Suleja, and officers&nbsp; arrived to find five Christians had already been killed. Richard Adamu&nbsp; Oguche, a spokesman for the Niger State Police Command in the state&nbsp; capital of Minna, confirmed that five Christians had been killed.He told Compass the attack was linked to members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect who have recently bombed Christian sites.Killed&nbsp; in the Madala market attacks were Sunday Emmanuel, John Kalu, Uche&nbsp; Nguweze, and Oliver Ezemah. The identity of the fifth Christian was not&nbsp; immediately known as witnesses could not identify him.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 883205, member: 12952"] [URL="http://au.christiantoday.com/article/muslim-extremists-in-nigeria-kill-christians-in-two-states/12105.htm"](CDN)[/URL] — Muslim extremists bent on ridding Nigeria’s volatile middle region of Christianity killed five Christians in Niger state on Thursday (Sept. 22) and three others the previous week in the north-central state of Kaduna, including a 13-year-old girl, sources said. Suspected militants from the Boko Haram Islamic sect in the Niger state town of Madala went to shops owned by Christians at a market at about 8 p.m., ordering them to recite verses from the Quran, eyewitnesses told Compass. If the Christian traders were unable to recite the verses, the gunmen shot and killed them, they said. The sound of the gunshots compelled Christians to call police in nearby Suleja, and officers arrived to find five Christians had already been killed. Richard Adamu Oguche, a spokesman for the Niger State Police Command in the state capital of Minna, confirmed that five Christians had been killed. He told Compass the attack was linked to members of the Boko Haram Islamic sect who have recently bombed Christian sites. Killed in the Madala market attacks were Sunday Emmanuel, John Kalu, Uche Nguweze, and Oliver Ezemah. The identity of the fifth Christian was not immediately known as witnesses could not identify him. [/QUOTE]

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