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Boko Haram warns against rescue of French hostages
Boko Haram warns against rescue of French hostages
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Friday, March 22, 2013
The Islamist group holding the French family of seven in Nigeria has warned against any attempt to use force to free their hostages.Mr. Tanguy Moulin-Fournier was kidnapped along with his wife, four children aged between five and 12, and brother on February 19, while vacationing in northern Cameroon.
In the video, released from an undisclosed location in Nigeria, the spokesman of Boko Haram, Imam Abu Muhammad Ibn Muhammad Abubakar Ash Shekawi, also known as Abubakar Shekau, warned against any attempt to use force to free their captives.
The video recording distributed to the media, yesterday, showed Moulin-Fournier making the previous demands by Boko Haram for the release of their members held as prisoners in Cameroon and Nigeria.
Specifically, the group demanded the release of wives and children of members supposedly arrested in Nigeria as well as members of the group they claimed to have been detained in Cameroon.
No fewer than seven construction workers seized in BauchiState were reported by one of the militant groups to have been killed earlier this month when the group suspected that there was attempt by the government to rescue them. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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