Embattled Boko Haram leader Shekau resurfaces in video

[WorldNews]

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The embattled leader of jihadist group Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, resurfaced in a video posted online Sunday, rejecting assertions by the Nigerian army that he had been seriously wounded. "You have been spreading in the social media that you injured or killed me," Shekau said in the 40-minute video released on YouTube and dated September 25. Nigerian authorities have reported him dead several times before, but the army's latest claim was bolstered when Boko Haram -- which pledged allegiance last year to the Islamic State (IS) group -- released a video on September 13 without Shekau in it.

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