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Nigeria: Video of Kidnapped Girls Released

Posted: May 12, 2014 | Author: | Filed under: Breaking News, Foreign Affairs | Tags: , |4 Comments
Blurred image of on of three girls seen speaking in the video and one says the group have not been harmed (BBC News)

Blurred image of one of three girls seen speaking in the video and one says the group have not been harmed (BBC News)

This is a breaking news open thread.

From BBC News a few minutes ago:

Islamist militants Boko Haram have released a video apparently showing about 130 girls kidnapped from a school in northern Nigeria on 14 April.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said the children would be held until all imprisoned militants had been freed.

Interior Minister Abba Moro rejected the deal, telling the BBC that it was “absurd” for a “terrorist group” to try to set conditions.

Boko Haram abducted more than 200 girls and threatened to sell them.

The BBC’s John Simpson in the northern city of Maiduguri says Boko Haram’s comments show signs that the group is willing to negotiate.

Three of the girls – wearing full-length cloaks – are shown speaking in the 27-minute video, obtained by French news agency AFP.

Two girls say they were Christian and have converted to Islam, while the other says she is Muslim.

“These girls, these girls you occupy yourselves with… we have indeed liberated them. These girls have become Muslims,” Abubakar Shekau says in the video.

 

Again, this is an open thread. I’ll post more information as I get it.

 

4 Comments on “Nigeria: Video of Kidnapped Girls Released”

  1. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    May 12, 2014 at 10:23 am

    Here’s news report on the video:

  2. bostonboomer's avatar bostonboomer says:
    May 12, 2014 at 10:28 am

    Al Arabia News: Nigeria rejects Boko Haram prisoner swap offer for hostage schoolgirls

    The Nigerian government on Monday rejected a deal offered by Islamist rebel group Boko Haram’s leader for the release of over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped and held hostage by the militants.

    Asked if the government would reject the suggestion mentioned in a recently-released video of Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau that the girls may be released once Nigeria frees all militant prisoners, Interior Minister Abba Moro told AFP: “Of course.”

    “The issue in question is not about Boko Haram… giving conditions,” he said.

    Moro also told the UK’s BBC that it was “absurd” for a “terrorist group” to try to set conditions.

    • dakinikat's avatar dakinikat says:
      May 12, 2014 at 1:20 pm

      I notice these girls have been transformed into objects. No more school girl outfits. Just head to toe dehumanizaing sheets.

      • NW Luna's avatar NW Luna says:
        May 12, 2014 at 4:43 pm

        The logo of machine guns and a (I presume) Koran. Gawd and guns again, just change the gawd’s name but same old story of violence and abuse of women and girls.

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