Posted on 12/01/2020 8:40:10 PM PST by xomething
The Boko Haram jihadist group on Tuesday claimed responsibility for a brutal massacre of farm workers in northeast Nigeria over the weekend as the death toll rose to 76.
The grim search for bodies continues after gunmen on motorbikes attacked the area outside Borno state's capital Maiduguri on Saturday, slaughtering dozens of labourers in rice fields near the village of Zabarmari.
It was initially unclear which Boko Haram faction was behind the assault, but the main group loyal to shadowy leader Abubakar Shekau said in a video Tuesday it was "responsible for what happened around Maiduguri in recent days... especially in Zabarmari."
Borno state information commissioner Babakura Abba Jatau meanwhile said the death toll had risen from 70 to 76.
"Forty-three bodies were buried on Sunday and another 33 were buried on Monday," he told AFP, adding that the death toll could rise further.
"Residents of Zabarmari village where the victims were buried said many more bodies could be scattered in the marshy rice fields."
The United Nations on Sunday said that 110 civilians were killed, but later scaled that back to "tens" of victims, admitting its initial toll was "unconfirmed".
The bloodletting centred on the village of Koshobe, where Boko Haram fighters tied up farm workers and slit their throats.
The Boko Haram video appeared to confirm reports that the attack was waged to seek revenge on villagers for seizing the group's fighters and handing them over to the authorities.
"You thought you would apprehend our brethren and hand him over to the military and live in peace?" a Boko Haram jihadist said in the video.
On Tuesday local teams continued the search for bodies, ploughing through the expansive marshland on foot, trudging behind tractors...
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It’s time to arm all
Of them
Shoot all boko on sight
They get organized. Get the army after them and slaughter them
A Whiter Shade Of Impale is my favorite Boko Haram song
Morally, these guys need to be ended.
Boko Haram has the heart of the DNC for sure.
75 million babies (within a nominally “Christian” domiciled culture), baby body parts for profit, experimentation, brain wash any of our children they did no torture to death, children’s adrenochrome for elites and politicians, pedophilia, no moral boundaries, narcissistism, sociopathic, subjugation, totalitarian goals, etc, etc...
Yah, that really is the same heart and mind.
“The United Nations on Sunday said that 110 civilians.”
I think that’s a bad translation of “The United Nations had ordered 100 civilians.” It’s an honest mistake.
Lol! Great song!
A Whiter Shade of Pale - Procol Harum (LIVE)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsH7oUf_D8
“And so it begins” AGAIN as the Swamp comes back.
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