One Saturday morning in 2018, 17-year-old Isaac boarded a local bus bound for a nearby village, to visit his father, whose work had taken him away from home. Isaac never arrived at his destination. His father would never see him again.
During Isaac’s journey, his bus was ambushed. A group of armed assailants set the bus alight, trapping several passengers inside. Isaac was burned alive, murdered alongside five other passengers, including a 13-year-old girl.
In the following days, an armed group publicly claimed responsibility for the attack that took Isaac’s life. Later that month, the group’s founder posted a statement on YouTube, in which he pledged his “unreserved support” for the group, and hailed the launch of its “liberation struggle”.
The murders of Isaac and at least eight other innocent civilians in 2018 were acts of terror. Had…
