Nigeria journalists target of radical sect

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published 13 years ago

Boko Haram has threatened to target Nigeria�s media after attacks on ThisDay newspaper offices in Abuja and Kaduna. The suicide bombing and assault killed at least seven people, and the group said it would hit the media hard.

Summary

ISHERI, Nigeria: A radical Islamist sect in Nigeria is threatening the nation's journalists, many of whom already face threats and bribes..

The sect known as Boko Haram claimed a suicide car bombing at the offices of the influential newspaper ThisDay in Nigeria's capital Abuja and an attack on an office the publication shared with others in the city of Kaduna. Those attacks killed at least seven people.

The sect later issued a statement via an Internet publication saying it would "hit the media hard." That's a major threat by a group known to have killed at least two journalists already in its ongoing sectarian battle with Nigeria's weak central government. – AP
 

KEY POINTS:

• Boko Haram claimed a suicide car bomb at ThisDay�s Abuja office
• An attack also hit an office shared by the paper in Kaduna
• At least seven people were killed in the two incidents
• The group later warned it would target the media
• Boko Haram is reported to have killed at least two journalists previously