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                 Boko Haram Beheads Two Accused Spies in Video

   by VOA News

   Nigeria's Boko Haram militants have released a video showing the
   beheading of two men the group accused of spying.

   The six-minute video, released online Monday, has similarities to those
   produced by the Islamic State militant group, and it also features the
   black IS flag flying in the upper right-hand corner.

   The video, entitled Harvest of Spies, shows masked militants with long
   knives standing behind two men forced to kneel on the ground. Before
   the beheading, one of the men identifies himself Dawoud Muhammad of
   Baga city in northeastern Nigeria, and said he accepted the equivalent
   of $25 from a police officer to spy.

   The video does not show the moment of the killings. Instead, militants
   are seen placing the men's severed heads onto their prone bodies.

   There was no indication where or when the beheadings took place.

   This is the second time the Nigerian extremist group has released a
   beheading video. The first, in October, showed Boko Haram executing a
   man said to be the pilot of a missing Nigerian Air Force jet.

   With its use of elaborate opening titles and sound effects like heavy
   breathing before the beheading, the video is noticeably different from
   previous ones released by Boko Haram. The group's videos usually
   feature long, strident monologues from leader Abubakar Shekau.

   Boko Haram has killed thousands of people since launching its
   insurgency in 2009 and controls numerous towns in northeastern Nigeria.
   Nigeria, Chad, Niger and Cameroon launched an offensive against the
   group in late January and have retaken some of the towns.


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