Boko Haram Bombs Nigerian Marketplace

Revelation 6:3-4 NCV When the Lamb opened the second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come!" Then another horse came out, a red one. Its rider was given power to take away peace (prosperity, rest) from the earth and to make people kill each other (butcher, slaughter, to maim violently, in streets), and he was given a big sword (assassins sword, terrorist, loud, mighty, sore afraid).

The Islamic terrorist group Boko Haram bombed a market in northern Nigeria Tuesday morning leaving dozens dead and at least 50 injured.

Witnesses say that the bomb was located under a load of charcoal that was in a pickup parked near the market in Maiduguri.  The bomb was powerful enough to reduce sales stalls to rubble and even completely destroy nearby vehicles.

A trader said the bomb went off just before 8 a.m. local time, before most of the traders and customers arrived for daily business.

Officials cordoned off the area, refusing to allow access because of previous patterns of Boko Haram bombings where secondary devices were timed to hit rescue and emergency personnel.

The attack is the second major assault on a shopping area by Boko Haram in the last two weeks.  Last week a bombing at a major shopping area in the nation’s capital of Abuja killed 24 and wounded dozens.

Nigerian military sources reported the arrest Monday night of a prominent businessman who they say had been working with Boko Haram by funding many of their terror attacks.  They stated the businessman, Babuji Ya’ari, had been working with a vigilante group as a cover to provide information to the terrorists.

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