Members of a group that pledged allegiance to ISIS have executed four Nigerian hostages held since July, the French aid group Action Against Hunger said on Friday.<\/p>\n
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Members of a group that pledged allegiance to ISIS have executed four Nigerian hostages held since July, the French aid group Action Against Hunger said on Friday.<\/p>\n
The four victims were among the six hostages held by the armed fighters from the so-called \u2018Islamic State West Africa Province\u2019 (ISWAP) group in Nigeria, the Paris-based NGO said, adding that one of its staff and two drivers were among those killed.<\/p>\n
The militia comprised local hunters across the northeast along with the state-funded Civilian Joint Task Force, an armed vigilante group.<\/p>\n
<span “>The decade-long armed uprising has killed 35,000 people and displaced about two million from their homes in northeast Nigeria.<\/p>\n
The violence has now spread to neighboring Niger, Chad and Cameroon, prompting a regional military coalition against the fighters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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