Boko Haram is World Leader in Fatalities

Boko Haram ranks first among the world’s terror groups in terms of the number of fatalities in 2014, according to the US Department of State annual terrorism report for last year.“Although ISIS was responsible for the greatest amount of attacks last year, it was a close second to Boko Haram in number of fatalities”, the report said.
The report also singled out the Islamist group, led by Abubakar Shekau, as sharing ISIS penchant for the use of brutal tactics”.
The group was also behind sustained attacks in the three North-East states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa.Boko Haram drew world attention in April last year when it kidnapped more than 200 school girls in Chibok, Borno State.
President Muhammadu Buhari just relocated the military command to Maiduguri, Borno State capital, to contain the Islamist group.
Meanwhile, the US Department of State report said ISIS was beating al Qaeda at being the world’s leading terrorist group.