President claims strikes targeted militants in country’s north-west, accusing group of attacking Christian communities
Donald Trump said the US has carried out airstrikes against Islamic State militants in north-west Nigeria on Thursday, claiming the militant group had been targeting Christians in the region.
The president said in a post on Truth Social: “Tonight, at my direction as Commander in Chief, the United States launched a powerful and deadly strike against ISIS Terrorist Scum in Northwest Nigeria, who have been targeting and viciously killing, primarily, innocent Christians, at levels not seen for many years, and even Centuries!
“I have previously warned these Terrorists that if they did not stop the slaughtering of Christians, there would be hell to pay, and tonight, there was. The Department of War executed numerous perfect strikes, as only the United States is capable of doing.”
No other details of the strikes were immediately available.
