Video: Boko Haram Releases Video that Shows Massacre of Prisoners

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Abubakar Shekau had released a video today, obtained by AFP, in which he made the declaration. Turns out that Abubakar made the declaration alongside a footage of prisoners being shot while on the floor. The prisoners were told to lie in a ditch before assault rifles were aimed at their heads. Abubakar had declared that Gwoza, in Borno State, now has 'nothing to do with Nigeria'. Check out more pix after the cut...

The footage shows them lying helplessly in a ditch before the assault rifles are aimed at their heads 

Shekau, who has been branded a global terrorist by the United States, stands alongside two masked rebels as he reads the declaration from a script 

During the 52-minute video, the camera pans to a heavy duty machine gun installed on the back of a truck

Abubakar Shekau, the terrorist behind the kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls four months ago, said the town of Gwoza now has 'nothing to do with Nigeria' while declaring a caliphate in the north of the country

A rebel is also shown riding around on the back of the vehicle as it travels through fields outside Gwoza - a month after it was captured by members of Boko Haram

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