Picking off survivors one by one as they step over the corpses of their victims, Boko Haram release terrifying new video showing the slaughter of those who refused to follow their twisted interpretation of Islam
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - There are so many corpses the
gunmen have difficulty stepping to reach bodies still twitching with
life. Most of the dead in the video, reportedly taken in the town of
Bama, appear to be adult men. The video released to journalists late
Saturday comes two days after fleeing villagers reported that the
extremists are rounding up elderly people and killing them in two
schools in Gwoza, in northeast Nigeria.
Islamic terrorists Boko Haram massacre civilians while describing them as infidels in horrific video
- Footage shows terrorists shooting civilians laying face down on floor
- There are so many corpses the gunmen have difficulty stepping over them
- Thousands of people have been killed in the five-year insurgency
A new
video from Nigeria's home-grown Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen
mowing down civilians lying face down in a dormitory, and a leader
saying they are being killed because they are 'infidels' or
non-believers.
There
are so many corpses the gunmen have difficulty stepping to reach bodies
still twitching with life. Most appear to be adult men.
'We
have made sure the floor of this hall is turned red with blood, and
this is how it is going to be in all future attacks and arrests of
infidels,' the group leader says in a message.
'From now, killing, slaughtering, destruction and bombing will be our religious duty anywhere we invade.'
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Massacre: A new video from Nigeria's
Boko Haram extremists shows gunmen mowing down civilians lying face down
in a dormitory. This still shows a man walking among the men and
shooting survivors
Helpless: A militant takes aim at a prone victim in the shocking footage. Boko Haram means 'Western education is forbidden'
The setting of the latest video
appears to be a school, a long dormitory furnished with bunk beds which
the leader says is in Bama, a town 40 miles north of Gwoza
Impending horror: The start of the video shows the Islamists enter the building where the men lie
A man in the video addresses the
camera, saying: 'We have made sure the floor of this hall is turned red
with blood, and this is how it is going to be in all future attacks and
arrests of infidels'
The
video released to journalists late Saturday comes two days after
fleeing villagers reported that the extremists are rounding up elderly
people and killing them in two schools in Gwoza, in northeast Nigeria.
The
setting of the latest video appears to be a school, a long dormitory
furnished with bunk beds which the leader says is in Bama, a town 40
miles north of Gwoza.
Students and schools are frequently targeted by Boko Haram, which means 'Western education is sinful' in the Hausa language.
Previously,
the militants had told residents of villages and towns that they would
kill only enemies and wanted people to live peacefully in the area they
have dubbed an Islamic caliphate - a large swathe along Nigeria's
northeastern border with Cameroon that they have controlled for more
than three months.
In
the video, the leader notes that the prophet Mohammed advised prisoners
should be held, not killed, but says 'we felt this is not the right
time for us to keep prisoners; that is why we will continue to see that
the grounds are crimsoned with the flowing blood of prisoners.'
Growing threat: Pictured is the
terrorist network's leader Abubakar Shekau in a video from May. Their
operations are spilling across borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger
Security forces view the scene of a
bomb explosion at St. Theresa Catholic Church at Madalla, Suleja, just
outside Nigeria's capital Abuja, on Christmas Day in 2011. Thoussands
have died in the five-year insurgency
He
says some of those killed may call themselves Muslims, but are
considered infidels by Boko Haram, a Sunni Jihadi group that imposes
strict Shariah law.
The
release of this latest video comes just days after Boko Haram was
reported to have kidnapped 185 women and children, after slaughtering 32
people in an attack on Gumsuri, a remote village in northeast Nigeria.
We
felt this is not the right time for us to keep prisoners; that is why
we will continue to see that the grounds are crimsoned with the flowing
blood of prisoners.
Boko Haram group leader
Gumsuri is located on the road that leads to Chibok, where Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls from a school in April.
Thousands
of people have been killed in the five-year Islamic uprising that has
driven some 1.3 million people from their homes, with tens of thousands
fleeing across borders into Cameroon, Chad and Niger.
Boko
Haram has seized a string of towns and villages and in August declared
an Islamic caliphate along Nigeria's border with Cameroon.
In
recent weeks, Special Forces have been deployed and have recaptured at
least four towns with help from air raids, traditional hunters and
vigilantes.
Attacks
similar to Sunday's violence in Gumsuri have escalated over the last 18
months, with the insurgents taking control of more than two dozen towns
and villages in the region.
Kidnappings
have also increased, part of a campaign by Boko Haram to boost its
supply of child fighters, porters and young women who have reportedly
been used as sex slaves.
Kidnapped: Boko Haram abducted more than 200 schoolgirls, pictured, from a Nigerian school in April
In a video released last month, Boko
Haram claimed that more than 200 kidnapped schoolgirls had been married
off to militants. Above, a video released by the terror group earlier
this year shows some of the girls
The
military has offered repeated assurances that the uprising will soon be
contained, but so far there have been few signs of progress.
The
effectiveness of the Nigerian military's response has also been
undermined by a number of videos released by the terror group in recent
months that purport to show a Boko Haram leader who the military
claimed was killed last year.
In
one of them, released last November, a man claiming to be Shekau, said
that over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram had been married off
to militants.
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