After multiple eye-witness accounts of the attack on Baga, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has claimed responsibility for the mass killings in the northeast Nigerian town of Baga and has threatened more violence. The acknowledgment from the leader of Nigeria's Islamic extremists comes in a video posted on YouTube Tuesday, the same day International Criminal Court prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said she is examining the allegations and will prosecute those most responsible for war crimes.
He said in the video “We killed the people of Baga. We indeed killed them, as our Lord instructed us in His Book,” Shekau said in the 35-minute message, which was posted on YouTube.
He added: “We will not stop. This is not much. You’ll see.”
– ‘I’m ready’ –
There has been mounting global outrage at the extent of the slaughter, with residents who managed to escape recounting how bodies littered the streets more than two weeks after the initial assault.
One civilian vigilante, who fled after hiding for three days, told AFP that he was “stepping on bodies” for five kilometres (three miles) as he escaped through the bush.
Hundreds of women and children were said to be still being held by the militants at a school and the home of a local lawmaker.
He said in the video “We killed the people of Baga. We indeed killed them, as our Lord instructed us in His Book,” Shekau said in the 35-minute message, which was posted on YouTube.
He added: “We will not stop. This is not much. You’ll see.”
– ‘I’m ready’ –
There has been mounting global outrage at the extent of the slaughter, with residents who managed to escape recounting how bodies littered the streets more than two weeks after the initial assault.
One civilian vigilante, who fled after hiding for three days, told AFP that he was “stepping on bodies” for five kilometres (three miles) as he escaped through the bush.
Hundreds of women and children were said to be still being held by the militants at a school and the home of a local lawmaker.
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