Officials: Boko Haram kidnaps 185 women and children, kills 32 people

Submitted by Mastodon on Thu, 2014-12-18 13:45

Story here. In case your wondering those 32 'people' were men. Excerpt:

'Boko Haram insurgents kidnapped at least 185 women and children, and killed 32 people in a raid in northeastern Nigeria this week, local officials and residents said.

Gunmen in pickup trucks attacked the village of Gumsuri, just north of Chibok, on Sunday, shooting down men before herding women and children together.

"They gathered the women and children and took them away in trucks after burning most of the village with petrol bombs," a local government official said on condition anonymity for fear of reprisal."
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Boko Haram has terrorized northern Nigeria regularly since 2009, attacking police, schools, churches and civilians, and bombing government buildings.

This month, at least one female Boko Haram suicide bomber killed five people in Maiduguri. Last month, suicide bombings killed nearly 180 people. More than half of the victims died in an attack on a mosque that many suspect Boko Haram was behind.

The group has targeted mainstream Islam, saying that it does not represent the interests of Nigeria's 80 million Muslims and that it perverts Islam.

In April, Boko Haram militants drew international condemnation when they kidnapped more than 200 schoolgirls, many of whom they later said they sold into slavery.

At least 5,000 people have died at Boko Haram's hands, according to a U.S. Congressional Research Service report, making it one of the world's deadliest terrorist organizations.'

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Also men. Of course, I don't have some official UN chart in front of me (doubt they'd mention it even if I did). But given BH's track record, I think it's a safe bet.

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Submitted by Matt on Sat, 2014-12-20 21:58

If 100 people are killed, the press will often "including women and children." "Children" I get. But why single out women? Well, we all know why.

Now it's "women and kidnapped," 32 "people" killed. Not "men." People. Why not just say "they kidnapped 185 women and children and killed 32 men." Simple.

But you can't say that. That would imply "men" are something like real human beings. Their deaths have to be hidden so we can focus on the women (and children) kidnapped.

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Submitted by el cid on Sun, 2014-12-21 01:32