Boko Haram leader orders women to be killed, accusing them of using witchcraft to cause sudden death of his children
Boko Haram jihadists slaughtered at least 26 women in Nigeria by slitting their throats on the orders of their leader, who accused them of being… witches and using their magic to cause the sudden death of his children.
About 40 women were held captive in a northeastern Nigerian village on the orders of jihadist Ali Guyile, whose children died suddenly overnight, according to his relatives and women who managed to escape.
According to these witnesses, cited by the Daily Mail, Guyile accused them of causing the death of his children with witchcraft.
Witnesses from a remote village in northeastern Nigeria, where Boko Haram operates, said the terrorists killed 26 women accused of being witches.
Last week, 14 women were massacred and a few days later another 12 were killed by Boko Haram jihadists.
Accusations of witchcraft are not uncommon in Nigeria, a conservative country in which religion plays a large role and there is great division between the Muslim north and the Christian south.
Talkwe Linbe, one of the women accused of witchcraft, said she managed to escape after the 14 women were killed.
“On Thursday he ordered the slaughter of 14 women. I was lucky I wasn’t among them,” said the woman.
Villagers did not specify how the women died, but the term they used in their language usually refers to jihadists who cut the victims’ throats.
Contacted by AFP, the Nigerian military did not respond. However, security sources said they were aware of the reports and were investigating, although they stressed the village was too remote.
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