The Boko Haram sect on Monday released a video purporting to show it
beheading two men, its first online posting using advanced graphics and
editing techniques reminiscent of footage from the Islamic State.
The film shows militants standing behind the two men who are on their
knees, their hands tied behind their backs, with one man standing over
them, holding a knife, Reuters says.
One of the men is made to tell the camera that they had been paid by
authorities to spy on the militant group, before the film moves to
another scene showing their decapitated bodies. It was not possible to
confirm the film’s authenticity or date.
The footage will stoke concerns that Boko Haram, which evolved out of
a clerical movement focused on northeast Nigeria, is expanding its
scope and seeking inspiration from global militant networks including al
Qaeda and IS.
The militants who have killed thousands and kidnapped hundreds in
their bid to carve out an Islamist state in their homeland, have in
recent months stepped up cross-border raids into Cameroon, Chad and
Niger.
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan has said Boko Haram is allied
to both al Qaeda and its offshoot IS, though that has not been confirmed
by the group itself.
The Boko Haram film’s use of graphics, the footage of black-clad
militants with a black flag, and the editing to show only the aftermath
of the beheading, were particularly reminiscent of footage from IS,
which has seized large parts of Iraq and Syria and killed several
hostages.
In the film, one of the men said he comes from Baga in Borno State,
and the other told his captors he is from Michika in Adamawa State, both
areas where the army says it has recently recaptured territory from
Boko Haram.
Past Boko Haram films, according to Reuters, have been much cruder
affairs, often featuring a man identified as leader Abubakar Shekau
talking more about local gripes than global jihad. A number of recent
releases have included much more gruesome footage of beheadings.
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