Graphic new video footage from northeastern Nigeria shows the country’s military carrying out abuses against civilians as part of their fight against the armed group Boko Haram, human rights group Amnesty International has said.
One video, obtained by Amnesty and released on Tuesday, shows what appear to be military personnel and civilian vigilantes calling five detainees out from a row of 16 young men and boys, then slitting their throats one by one before dumping their bodies into an open grave.
The violence against civilians constitutes “war crimes,” Amnesty alleged.
Amnesty said it obtained the footage from “numerous sources” in Borno state, Boko Haram’s birthplace and stronghold.
The rights group said it independently confirmed from several military sources that the armed captors in the footage “were indeed military personnel.”
Amnesty also accused the military of killing prisoners.
Some of the footage was apparently taken on March 14, the same day that Boko Haram broke into a military detention centre in Giwa barracks, freeing hundreds of prisoners. Amnesty says the military recaptured more than 600 of these prisoners and killed them.
The Nigerian military is studying the video footage “with a view to identifying those behind such acts,” Defence Headquarters spokesman, Chris Olukolade, said in an email.
He added there will be “legal action against any personnel or anyone found culpable.”
Nigerian authorities have rejected past accusations, insisting the military follows international best practice in its fight against the group.
More than 4,000 people – mostly civilians – have been killed this year alone “by all sides” of the conflict, said Amnesty.
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Posted: at 5-08-2014 07:48 PM (10 years ago) | Addicted Hero
daveobahon at 5-08-2014 08:21 PM (10 years ago) (m)
speechless
Posted: at 5-08-2014 08:21 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
oloche1984 at 5-08-2014 08:48 PM (10 years ago) (m)
those two men on uniform can not be military officers, how can only two uniform men and few civilian jtf as claimed by amnesty intl line up as many as claimed by the organisation and be sliting their neck one after the other without resistance, those are boko haram doing their usual operation, and i think this amnesty organisation know more about this boko boy and are trying to protect them by diverting our attention, infact the man on white in the video shows clarely that they are victims of boko operation. amnesty intl is bias here, God is watching ooo!
Posted: at 5-08-2014 08:48 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
dynasty4all at 5-08-2014 09:05 PM (10 years ago) (m)
Quote from: oloche1984 on 5-08-2014 08:48 PM
those two men on uniform can not be military officers, how can only two uniform men and few civilian jtf as claimed by amnesty intl line up as many as claimed by the organisation and be sliting their neck one after the other without resistance, those are boko haram doing their usual operation, and i think this amnesty organisation know more about this boko boy and are trying to protect them by diverting our attention, infact the man on white in the video shows clarely that they are victims of boko operation. amnesty intl is bias here, God is watching ooo!
I AGREE WITH U
Posted: at 5-08-2014 09:05 PM (10 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Ololababs at 5-08-2014 09:22 PM (10 years ago) (f)
They r not Nigerian Army. That was Boko Haram in army uniform killing people. Pls don't confuse anybody. Nigerian army will not kill with sword. Look at the sword very well. It's designed like d one the used in slaughtering d officer sometimes ago. Nigerian government pls we need DNA evidence. I pray this won't lead to another war in Nigeria soon.
Posted: at 5-08-2014 09:22 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
How come annesty are able to capture the military slitting civilians'throats and have not been able to capture boko haram bombing army or civilians? That footage is fake and being sponsored by boko haram annesty.
Posted: at 5-08-2014 10:28 PM (10 years ago) | Upcoming
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