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ISIS Mentions Nigeria in Paris Shooting

Terror group Islamic State yesterday mentioned Nigeria in a statement it issued, claiming responsibility for coordinated attacks in different parts of Paris.

The attacks resulted in the death of 129 people, and left at least 352 injured.
In an online statement yesterday ISIS said eight militants wearing explosive belts and armed with machine guns attacked precisely selected areas in the French capital.
Nothing elaborate was however said about nigeria, apart from a mention in a post on the terrorist group’s blog.
The statement, posted on isis’ blog, according to a tweet by TRACterrorisi m.org, reads, “O people crusaders: when you deploy forces in order to control the city Saladin and dreaming of Mosul, Sinjar, Haul, Tikrit or Huwaijah or dreaming Mayadin or Jarablus or Karmah or Tel Abyad or Al Qaim or Darnah or dream to reclaim the wilderness in the interior nigeria or master ‘Asy’asy Sinai desert sand, then surel, WE just want ROME and paris Insyallah before before ANDALUSIA (UKK).”

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