Boko Haram 'leader' issues new threats in Internet message

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Boko Haram 'leader' issues new threats in Internet message

January 26, 2012 10:23 PM

FILE - Boko Haram emir Abubakar Shekau makes his first major video appearance in a new video address entitled, "A Message to President Goodluck Jonathan". (REUTERS/IntelCenter/Handout)

Boko Haram emir Abubakar Shekau. (REUTERS/IntelCenter/Handout)

KANO, Nigeria: The purported leader of Nigerian Islamist group Boko Haram has issued new threats in a message posted on YouTube and said last week's attacks in Kano were over the torture of its members.

"We were responsible," a voice identified as that of suspected Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau says in audio played over a picture of him. "I ordered it and I will give that order again and again. God gave us victory."

The authenticity of the message could not be independently verified, but the photo matched up with previous ones said to be of Shekau and the voice was similar to previous recordings.

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