At least 29 students died in a February 25 attack on a college in Buni Yadi, northeastern Nigeria, during which several buildings were torched.
The attackers escaped the scene, but Nigeria's military suspects that the militant group Boko Haram, which has wreaked havoc in the region for several years, are the perpetrators.
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Boko Haram means "Western education is a sin." The group's ambitions range from the stricter enforcement of Sharia law -- which is derived from the Koran as the "world of God" -- across the predominantly Muslim north of Nigeria, to the total destruction of the Nigerian state and its government.
MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2013/08/13/world/africa/nigeria-violence-explainer/index.html?hpt=iaf_c1
See also...
A year of attacks linked to Nigeria's Boko Haram
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/27/world/africa/nigeria-year-of-attacks/index.html
Nigeria's Boko Haram targets Christian town and fishing village in latest attacks
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/16/world/africa/nigeria-boko-haram-attacks/index.html
More bloodshed in Nigeria: 'I do not know what to call those barbarians'
http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/12/world/africa/nigeria-unrest/index.html
