Amnesty International: Human Rights Abuses Are Widespread In Nigeria

Held Down So Their Throats Can Be Slit Before Being Dumped Into A Shallow Grave. But Now It Is Boko Haram ‘Terrorists’ Who Are Savagely Executed By The Nigerian Army -- Daily Mail

* Footage emerges of Nigerial soldiers appearing to slit throats of insurgents
* Boko Haram suspects are held down next to mass grave before execution
* Video obtained by Amnesty International amid claims of Nigerian 'war crimes'
* Nigerian Defence says it is investigating the footage, taken in March
* WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT

Gruesome footage has emerged of what appears to show Nigerian soldiers slitting the throats of insurgents and dumping their bodies in a mass grave.

In one horrific video, a Boko Haram suspect is pulled from a truck and held down while a man in military uniform slices his neck open with a combat knife, hurling his body into a pit.

The scene is repeated with another suspect on the same bloodied patch at the edge of the grave.

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More News From Amnesty International On Human Rights Abuses Being Widespread In Nigeria

Nigeria: Gruesome footage implicates military in war crimes -- Amnesty International
Nigeria army committed atrocities, Amnesty says -- BBC
Amnesty International: ‘Gruesome’ Videos Show Human Rights Abuses in Nigeria -- VOA
Amid Battle Against Boko Haram, Nigeria Hit With Abuse Accusations -- US News and World Report
Videos show Nigerian army abuses, Amnesty report says -- USA Today/AP
Nigerian Troops Battling Boko Haram Are Guilty of War Crimes: Report -- NBC
New Nigeria videos 'show military abuses' -- Al Jazeera
Fresh allegations against Nigeria's military -- Deutsche Welle
Nigerian Army, Boko Haram News: Nigeria’s Military Accused Of 'Extensive' Rights Violations -- IBTimes
Graphic Video Implicates Nigerian Military in War Crimes While Battling Boko Haram -- Vice