‘SOME OF US WERE KILLED’
Terrified boy begs for help in ISIS-linked propaganda vid after jihadi gunmen kidnap 500 pupils from school in Nigeria
ONE of the hundreds of boys kidnapped in Nigeria by an ISIS-linked terror group has begged to be saved in a heart-wrenching video.
The propoganda clip - released by a faction of ruthless Boko Haram - shows a terrified teen tragically revealing "some of us were killed."
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In the six minute clip, he pleaded with the government to respond to the demands of the terrorists.
He also begged the authorities to pay the ransoms so the youngsters can be freed and return to their families.
The Nigerian military exchanged gunfire with the kidnappers after they abducted hundreds of pupils from Katsina state on Friday.
Bandits armed with AK-47s stormed the Government Science Secondary School in the Kankara district, in the north west of the country.
Locals claimed over half of the school's 800 students went missing as terrified students hid in bushes and scaled the school fence to flee the jihadi gunmen.
In the newly released video, the abductors showed the boys, with some of them crying, and claimed that they were in good health.
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One of the boys who spoke in both English and Hausa said about 520 were taken but some died when the government sent troops to rescue them.
He urged the Federal Government to settle "amicably" with their abductors and urged them not to use military force to rescue them.
However, a voice off camera could be heard telling the pupil exactly what to say.
“We have been caught by the gangs of Abu Shekau; some of us were killed,” the distraught student said.
At least dozens of other dust-covered boys could be seen gathered around him in a forest setting
Nearby a masked member of the terror group was seen in military uniform, wielding an assault rifle.
The abductors said on the video they kidnapped the students because the government refused to stop killing and arresting Fulani criminals.
“We did this because you refused to stop killing and arresting Fulani (one of the largest tribes in West Africa,” one of the militants said.
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The young student then pleaded with the government to stop targeting the terrorists.
“All the armies that you sent here can do nothing to them,” he said.
Islamist jihadist group Boko Haram has terrorised Africa since 2002 and has strong links with ISIS.
The militant group's reign of terror has spanned from Nigeria, through Chad, Niger and Northern Cameroon.
Last month it was linked to a sickening attack in which 43 farmers and fisherman were savagely butchered and some beheaded.
They also shocked the world when they kidnapped 276 schoolgirls from the town of Chibok in Nigeria prompting a high profile social media campaign that saw Michelle Obama demand they "bring back our girls."
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Boko Haram also sparked global outrage when Sky News obtained footage which showed a scared teen girl who revealed she was paid 40 pence by Boko Haram to carry out a suicide bomb attack.
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The astonishing video shows the 14-year-old being interviewed by Nigerian cops who stopped her before she could detonate her explosives.
Human rights groups have claimed the group has started using babies as suicide bombers.
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