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Boko Haram ‘Leader Abubakar Shekau’ Claims Baga Raid
This file image made available from Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2012, taken from video posted by Boko Haram sympathizers shows Imam Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the radical Islamist sect. (AP Photo/File)
(BBC) – A man purporting to be the leader of the Boko Haram Islamist group has said in a video that his fighters carried out a deadly attacks on the Nigerian town of Baga earlier this month.
The man said to be Abubakar Shekau said people were killed “as our Lord instructed us”, threatening more raids.
He taunted nearby countries’ leaders.
Some reports said that as many as 2,000 people died in the Baga raid but Nigeria’s government has disputed this, putting the toll at 150.
“We killed the people of Baga,” the man claiming to be Shekau said in the 35-minute video, quoted by AFP news agency.
