A militant group affiliated with the Islamic State, has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in Adamawa State
Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), a militant group affiliated with the Islamic State, has claimed responsibility for multiple attacks in Adamawa State in north-eastern Nigeria that resulted in the deaths of 15 Christians.
According to ISWAP’s own statements, several Christians were gunned down in the village of Mondag, and a church building, along with about 100 houses, was burned.
In a subsequent social media post, the group declared that it will continue to target Christians and said they could only be spared if they converted to Islam or paid the jizya tax as dhimmi (a status historically imposed on non-Muslims).
The report also noted a separate assault on the village of Timboa on December 26 that killed four Christians, led to the capture of five others, and saw around 50 homes burned.
Church leaders and observers have said ISWAP’s attacks on Christians in Nigeria’s north-east have increased in recent months, and emphasize that such violence remains part of a broader pattern of militant Islamist violence against Christian communities in the country.
