Detail are emerging of the horrific weapons uncovered in a raid by Nigerian troops on a militant group's bomb-making factory on the outskirts of Kano on Wednesday. The Islamist militant members of Boko Haram abandoned the village house before the troops had arrived, leaving behind a backpack primed with explosives, three improvised explosive devices, 18 empty cylinders not yet packed with explosives, 24 detonators, fertilizer, automatic weapons and hundreds of rounds of ammunition — an arsenal with the potential to inflict hundreds of civilian casualties. (MORE: Four Things You Need to Know About Nigeria's Boko Haram) An army commander said the militants planned to use the weapons and explosives on an upcoming public celebration of a Muslim holiday. Worryingly, this could just be the tip of the iceberg. The leader of Boko Haram, who has a $7 million U.S. bounty on his head, has released a video in which he warns Nigerians to "prepare for a big war" — with the camera panning over yet more weapons and explosives under his command. [Reuters](http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=world.time.com&blog=19871253&post=108577&subd=timeglobalspin&ref=&feed=1)
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