IS-linked group says Boko Haram leader in Nigeria is dead
by Haruna Umar And Sam Olukoya, The Associated Press
Posted Jun 9, 2021 11:58 am EDT
Last Updated Jun 9, 2021 at 12:14 pm EDT
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (AP) The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the Islamic State group.
An audio recording purportedly from Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, or ISWAP, said Shekau detonated explosives killing himself after a battle between the two groups.
The audio message follows media reports last month that Shekau, one of Africa’s most wanted men, blew himself up to evade capture by ISWAP fighters.
ISIS-linked Group Says Boko Haram Leader in Nigeria Is Dead
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the ISIS terrorist group.
An audio recording purportedly from Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of the ISIS West Africa Province, or ISWAP, said Shekau detonated explosives killing himself after a battle between the two groups.
The audio message follows media reports last month that Shekau, one of Africa’s most wanted men, blew himself up to evade capture by ISWAP fighters.
Neither Nigerian authorities nor Boko Haram have confirmed Shekau’s death.
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IS-linked Group: Boko Haram Leader In Nigeria Is Dead
The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the Islamic State group.
The leader of Nigerian extremist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, has killed himself, according to a jihadi organization linked to the Islamic State group.
An audio recording purportedly from Abu Musab al-Barnawi, the leader of the Islamic State West Africa Province, or ISWAP, said Shekau detonated explosives killing himself after a battle between the two groups.
The audio message follows media reports last month that Shekau, one of Africa’s most wanted men, blew himself up to evade capture by ISWAP fighters.
14 May 2021
A church was vandalised during a terrorist attack in the region of Tillabéri, Niger which left five dead and two seriously injured.
It is not thought that any church members or other Christians were among the fatalities.
The attack was carried out on the village of Fantio, in the Téra department of Tillabéri, on the morning of 12 May by what one eyewitness described as “a horde of terrorists who came on motorcycles”.
The majority of Niger’s small Christian population live in the Tillabéri region, near the border with Mali and Burkina Faso.
In March 2021 at least 58 people were killed in an Islamist attack in the region, while the same month another 137 were killed by jihadists reportedly linked to the Islamic State of the Greater Sahara (ISGS) in Tahoua, also near the Malian border.