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TERROR ATTACK FOILED

ISIS-linked Boko Haram fanatics ‘are plotting attacks on British and US embassies in Nigeria’ as terror atrocity is foiled

Five militants from terror group Boko Haram planned to assault the compounds in capital Abuja, Nigerian authorities confirm

AN Islamist attack on the British and US embassy in Nigeria was thwarted at the last moment, authorities have revealed.

Five militants from terror group Boko Haram planned to assault the compounds in capital Abuja.

The US Embassy in Nigerian capital Abuja was the target for a terror attack by Boko Haram, security forces confirmed
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The US Embassy in Nigerian capital Abuja was the target for a terror attack by Boko Haram, security forces confirmedCredit: Alamy
The terror group is aligned with extremists ISIS and have been behind more than 20,000 deaths in Nigeria
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The terror group is aligned with extremists ISIS and have been behind more than 20,000 deaths in NigeriaCredit: Getty Images

Nigerian authorities have now warned that the consulates are in the sights of extremists in West Africa.

A statement from Nigerian security forces said: "The group had perfected plans to attack the UK and American Embassies and other western interests in Abuja."

The plotters were arrested on March 25 and 26.

Another Islamist is believed to have confessed details of the plot.

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The British High Commission and U.S. embassy in Abuja did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Boko Haram is allied with ISIS extremists in Syria and Iraq.

In 2011 the group attacked the U.N.'s Nigeria headquarters in Abuja with a car bomb that detonated in the reception area, killing at least 21 people.

Boko Haram has launched a bloody war against authorities in Nigeria - leaving thousands dead
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Boko Haram has launched a bloody war against authorities in Nigeria - leaving thousands deadCredit: AP:Associated Press
Boko Haram is notorious for the kidnapping for almost 300 Nigerian schoolgirls
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Boko Haram is notorious for the kidnapping for almost 300 Nigerian schoolgirlsCredit: AP:Associated Press

It has killed more than 20,000 people and forced more than two million to flee their homes since 2009 in an insurgency aimed at creating an Islamic state in the northeast of Africa's most populous nation.

The group - which name translates as 'Western education is forbidden' - is notorious for the kidnap of nearly 300 Nigerian schoolgirls.

Of those, 57 were able to escape with 21 more released last October.

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