Boko Haram leader mocks Nigerian army, parents of missing girls
Story highlightsAbubakar Shekau also taunted the parents of kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls"I'm not dead," he says in response to army reports he was fatally wounded"To the despot Nigerian government: Die with envy. I'm not dead," Shekau says in the video.An ISIS flag is visible in the background. That terrorist organization has said it is supporting Shekau's rival, Abu Musab al-Barnawi, as the legitimate leader of the Nigerian ISIS-affiliated terrorist movement.The video was a response to the Nige..>> view originalEast China Sea: Japan scrambles jets as China flies fleet near disputed islands
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Monday, September 26, 2016
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