MEND threatens to bomb Mosques, Hajj camps,Clerics.


BARELY a week after it claimed responsibility for the killing of 12 policemen in Bayelsa State, the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has served another threat notice.
It plans to launch a bombing campaign against mosques and Islamic institutions in what it tagged “Operation Barbarossa”.
“The bombings of mosques, hajj camps, Islamic institutions, large congregations in Islamic events and assassinations of clerics that propagate doctrines of hate will form the core mission of this crusade,” its spokesman Jomo Gbomo said in an e-mailed statement.
According to the statement, Operation Barbarossa will be launched on May 31.
Culled from The Nation

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