Boko Haram has released a video showing the execution of two soldiers and a policeman, posted online late Monday by the Islamic State group (IS) propaganda agency Amaq.
\nThe video, dated Sunday, was made by a branch of Boko Haram that has sworn allegiance to IS known as the Islamic State Group in West Africa (ISWAP).
\nThe Boko Haram video release came days after the militants announced the kidnapping of 14 people including two aid workers and, according to the jihadists, six members of the security forces.
\nIt shows three men in plain clothes kneeling in a field, introducing themselves as members of the Nigerian security forces before masked men in fatigues open fire on them shouting \u201cAllahu Akbar\u201d (God is greatest).
\n\u201cWe tell the Nigerian army that we will never spare those fighting against the people who follow Allah\u2019s religion,\u201d one of the executioners said in Hausa, a language widely spoken in the north of the country.
\n\u201cWe will attack your bases and confront you on your routes,\u201d the militant added, shortly before the execution.
\nOne of the three victims introduced himself as a police sergeant, saying the jihadists had \u201ccaptured\u201d him when he was on his way to Maiduguri, the capital of Nigeria\u2019s northeastern Borno state. Those abducted last Wednesday included two Red Cross workers.
\nISWAP claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, saying six members of the Nigerian security forces were among the hostages.
\nThe Boko Haram group was taken on the highway outside Maiduguri at a fake security checkpoint set up by the militants disguised as Nigerian soldiers.
\nISWAP focuses on military targets, while Boko Haram mainly attacks civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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