Boko Haram Releases Video To Show Chibok Girls

290482309MEP: The Nigerian terrorist group Boko Haram has a video of Chibok schoolgirls allegedly kidnapped two years ago, showing some who are still alive and claiming others died in air strikes.

About 50 girls in Islamic dress are pictured in the video. A masked man, apparently a Boko Haram rebel in camouflage fatigues and holding a gun, stands in front of the group.

He demands the release of Boko Haram prisoners in exchange for the girls.

The video was sent to Ahmad Salkida, a Nigerian journalist who fled to Dubai some years ago.

The group seized 276 girls from their school in the northern town of Chibok; 219 are believed to still be held.

This is the third video said to show the girls since they were captured.

“They should know that their children are still in our hands,” says a man whose face was covered by a turban in the video posted on YouTube on Sunday, the AFP News agency reported.

The masked militant claims that five girls were recently killed in a government airstrike. The clip showing bodies lying on the ground.

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