Film: U.S embassy warns Americans in Nigeria

The statement issued to Americans living in Nigeria came after Islamic militants attacked the U.S consulate in Benghazi, killing the country’s ambassador and three other Americans, hours after a mob attacked the U.S embassy in Cairo.
 
“Extremists may attempt to target U.S citizens and other Westerners in Nigeria,” the embassy said in the statement.
 
It noted that radical groups in Nigeria have killed hundreds in recent months in attacks on a range of targets.
 
“The situation in Nigeria remains fluid and unpredictable,” the statement said, urging Americans “to consider their personal security.”

The attacks in Cairo and Benghazi were initially believed to have been perpetrated by mobs outraged over an amateur Internet film made in America that insulted Islam but U.S officials later said the Benghazi attack might have been planned.
 
Religiously-linked violence has killed thousands of Nigerians in recent years. Radical Islamist group Boko Haram is blamed for more than 1,400 deaths since 2010.