In Pictures: Boko Haram Terrorists Openly Celebrate Sallah

According to a video released by the deadly Boko Haram Islamic sect, the members of the insurgent group, apparently gathered in an open field to celebrate Sallah, a Muslim feast that was marked last Thursday.

 

 

The date the video was shot could not be confirmed as only screenshots of the video were made available by a citizen reporter. The screenshots see the sect members calmly saying Eid prayers in the company of their families, with a rifle standing upside down.

 

 

Images from the clip may be part of the sect’s efforts to counter statements by the Nigerian army that the Islamist insurgent fighters were on a steady retreat, with Nigerian troops seizing a sizeable territory hitherto occupied and controlled by members of the terrorist sect.