Islamic State terrorists executed nearly a dozen Christians around Christmas

ISIS-aligned jihadists have launched a video claiming to indicate the execution of 11 blindfolded Christian males in Nigeria, in what analysts say was a barbaric act that was clearly timed to coincide with Christmas, in line with studies.

“That is a message to Christians everywhere in the world,” a masked man says within the one-minute video posted on-line late Thursday by the phobia group’s Amaq information company.

He claimed the killings by the hands of jihadists from the Islamic State West African Province had been in retaliation for the demise of ISIS chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his spokesman.

Baghdadi dedicated suicide in October throughout a US particular forces operation in Syria.

No particulars got concerning the victims, however ISIS stated they had been “captured previously weeks” in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno state, in line with the BBC.

One captive was shot useless whereas the opposite 10 had been beheaded.

In latest months, ISWAP has ramped up its assaults on Christians, safety personnel and aide, organising roadblocks on highways and conducting searches, in line with Agence France-Presse.

The UN has condemned the “growing apply by armed teams to arrange checkpoints focusing on civilians” within the northeast of Nigeria.

On Sunday, jihadists killed six individuals and kidnapped 5 others after they intercepted autos on a freeway close to Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

ISWAP, which pledged allegiance to Baghdadi in 2016 and break up from rebel group Boko Haram, stepped up assaults on army outposts and troops final yr, however has more and more begun focusing on civilians.

Source: Grunt Stuff