New Boko Haram leader vows to bomb Churches and stop killing of Muslims

Nigeria: New Boko Haram leader Abu Musab al-Barnawi who was announced as the new leader of the Islamic terrorist group via Daesh magazine on Wednesday has threatened to bomb churches and kill Christians as he vows to end attacks on mosques and markets used by ordinary Muslims, according to an interview published Wednesday by Daesh newspaper al-Nabaa.

al-Barnawi who is th son of the late founder of Boko Haram who was killed by the police in 2009 said there is a Western plot to Christianize the region and has accused charities of using their aid for that, as translated by a SITE Intelligence Group from the interview published on Wednesday in the Daesh newspaper.

The newspaper described Abu Musab al-Barnawi as the new “Wali,” or governor, of its so-called West Africa Province. The “Wali” a title that was previously used to describe former Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau.

The revelation by al-Barnawi indicates a major shift in strategy for the terrorist group extremists, who have murdered many Muslims than Christians in its attacks in mosques with suicide bombers and gunmen.