Graphic new video from northeastern Nigeria shows the country's military carrying out abuses against civilians as part of their fight against the armed group Boko Haram, human rights group Amnesty International has said.

This, obtained by Amnesty and released on Tuesday, shows what appear to be military personnel and civilian vigilantes calling five detainees out from a row of 16 young men and boys, then slitting their throats one by one before dumping their bodies into an open grave.

The violence against civilians constitutes "war crimes," says Amnesty International.

Amnesty said it obtained the footage from "numerous sources" in Borno state, Boko Haram's birthplace and stronghold.

The rights group said it independently confirmed from several military sources that the armed captors in the footage "were indeed military personnel."

Amnesty also accused the military of killing prisoners.

Some of the footage was apparently taken on March 14, the same day that Boko Haram broke into a military detention centre in Giwa barracks, freeing hundreds of prisoners. Amnesty says the military recaptured more than 600 of these prisoners and killed them.

The Nigerian military is studying the video footage "with a view to identifying those behind such acts," Defence Headquarters spokesman, Chris Olukolade said.

He added there will be "legal action against any personnel or anyone found culpable."


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It is not a new video, it has been around for about 3 months. And I dont think those guys are civilians.

This video is more recent than the one you saw earlier

Please can amnesty international show us how to fight Boko haram fighting along side our troops? Fooolish idealism. This is war. These are Muslims. They have no rules of engagement.

FMary: This video is more recent than the one you saw earlier

How did you know the one I saw earlier considering the fact that you said in the article that the video was shot on March 14, which is five months ago.

I have seen this video, it is not new and those guys being killed are insurgents.

Krak:

How did you know the one I saw earlier considering the fact that you said in the article that the video was shot on March 14, which is five months ago.

I have seen this video, it is not new and those guys being killed are insurgents.

This video was released only yesterday (Tuesday).