The Islamic State has released a video, claiming to
have killed 10 Christians in Nigeria.
The video, released on December 26, is said to be
timed to coincide with Christmas celebrations.
The 56-second video was produced by Amaq, IS’
news agency. It was filmed in an unidentified
outdoor area.
The video showed 12 hostages, 10 said to be Christians while the remaining were Muslims. The
group claimed that they spared the lives of two of
the Muslims.
IS said it was part of its revenge against the killing
of its leaders after failure to negotiate their release.
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, IS’s late leader and Abul-
Hasan Al-Muhajir, its spokesman, were killed in
Syria in late October.
The insurgent claimed the victims were “captured in
the past weeks in north-eastern Borno state”.
“We killed them as revenge for the killings of our
leaders, including Abu bakr al-Baghdadi and Abdul-
Hasan Al-Muhajir in Iraq and Syria,” the group was
quoted to have said.
However, details of the victims, who were all male,
were not given.
Last week, insurgents had mounted a checkpoint on
the road to Monguno local government area, killing
some victims and abducting others.
Earlier in the month, four abducted aid workers of
the Action Against Hunger, an international non-
government organisation, were killed by the Islamic
State in West Africa Province (ISWAP).
The insurgents said the aid workers were killed
following the breakdown of talks with the federal
government.
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