Boko Haram is strapping
bombs to birds as it continues to develop more deadly weapons in its bloody
insurgency in Africa.
Major General Lamidi Adeosun
showed gruesome photos of the victims of Boko Haram’s attacks and their latest
weapons during the briefing at the Multinational Joint Task Force's
headquarters in Chad on Wednesday.
One picture showed a bird with an
explosive strapped on its back, demonstrating “a lot of ingenuity,” he
said.
Maj Gen Adeosun said his forces
had received intelligence that ISIS members were being imbedded with Boko Haram
but that the Nigerian terrorist group had not satisfied requirements for
greater operational co-ordination.
It is not the first report of
birds being used to carry explosive devices. Photos emerged in July last year
claiming to show bombs strapped to chickens by Isis fighters in the
Iraqi city of Fallujah. There was speculation that they could be resorting to
increasingly bizarre means of destruction while running out of ammunition but
the account could not be verified.