Boko Haram Releases Video Of Kidnapped Aid Workers
Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State group released a video Thursday purporting to show a female aid worker and five male colleagues kidnapped in an attack in northeast Nigeria. Aid group Action Against Hunger said earlier that one of its staff members along with three health workers and two drivers were missing after their convoy was attacked last Thursday near the border with Niger. In the three-minute video a woman wearing a bright blue hijab who says she is the abducted aid worker addresses the camera in English while seated in front of five men she describes as her colleagues. The footage seen by Channels Television was released through the same channels as previous videos from the IS-linked Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). An employee at another NGO confirmed the identity of the missing aid worker. Villagers see captives The hostages are believed to be held in the ISWAP enclave on the shores of Lake Chad. Villagers told AFP the kidnapped aid workers...